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[Plural] noun- An assortment or a medley; a conglomeration.

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Usage examples (9)
  • I Googled "mumpsimus" after reading this story b/c I thought it'd be a better name for my blog than "farragos".
  • As to the dapper little compiler of farragos, mentioned some time since, he had arrayed himself in as many patches and colors as Harlequin, and there was as fierce a...
  • The above rubbish, contained in this leaflet, a laughable farrago of misinformation and poppycock albeit laced as such farragos often are with a number of truths, is...
  • I am not quite clear about the story, but it's one of those farragos of rubbish they make young men learn at public schools.
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