farrago

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a confused mixture or assortment of miscellaneous things

   The report was a farrago of rumors, half-truths, and unrelated statistics.

Borrowed from Latin farrago ("mixed fodder or medley"), from far ("spelt or grain"). English extended the agricultural mixture to any confused assortment of ideas or things. Farro is a doublet from the same Latin grain word.

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