farrago

[fuh-rah-goh, -rey-] / fəˈrɑ goʊ, -ˈreɪ- /

NOUN

mess

Synonyms

STRONG

mishmash

WEAK

olio

Example Sentences

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And therefore Isidore saith that iron hath its name ferrum, for that thereby farra, that is corn and seed, is tilled and sown.

From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert

Perhaps Fer-fenna, from their travelling in sledges; from farra, to travel in a carriage.--Forst.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

A before r + consonant very frequently not broken, cp. arm, farra.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

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