farrago English · revision 2052

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /fəˈɹeɪɡoʊ/, /fəˈɹɑːɡoʊ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|farrago|t=mixed fodder, medley]],^(AHD)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from [[la|far|t=spelt, emmer, grain]].^(AHD)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) It is related to [[farina]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A confused group or medley of material things or persons (1632).^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Latin the word meant a mixed crop of feed grains for animals,^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) and it was already used figuratively for a hodgepodge.^(AHD) In English the material sense is obsolete,^(OED 1989) and the word is used of confused mixtures of ideas, words or feelings (from 1637–50),^(OED 1989) as in ''a farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, and wishes''.^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1632 – a confused group of things or persons.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1637–50 – a medley of immaterial things.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A confused mixture; a hodgepodge or medley.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[farraginous]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[farina]]

+ * [[farro]]

+ * [[hodgepodge]]

+ * [[medley]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}