Noun, : a farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, and wishes. From Dictionary.com.
Why the UN acquiesces in this obscene farrago is an exercise best left to the student. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Genetic Evidence Shows Common Origins of Jews] Reference
Not a word of all this, which common minds called farrago, but which had its truth to me, did I utter to Laura. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861] Reference
Beverly Darmour, Diane Skinner introduced the word "farrago," meaning mixture or medley. From Wordnik.com. [Durangoherald.com] Reference
Bless me! what a farrago is my letter!. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4] Reference
Quicquid agunt homines ... nostri farrago libelli. From Wordnik.com. [The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899] Reference
It occurs, as stated above, in the farrago known as the. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series] Reference
“I never heard such a farrago of unbridled snobbism.”. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
A farrago of round and vertical pupils stared back at him. From Wordnik.com. [The False Mirror]
This farrago has shown Ming's ambition to be Speaker, though. From Wordnik.com. [Three hours' worth of hot air] Reference
A hypocritical farrago of this character always prefaced one of. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
This vile, low, degrading farrago is taken from an opera called the. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1] Reference
He wound up his awful farrago in one glorious burst of solemn fury. From Wordnik.com. [Acton's Feud A Public School Story] Reference
When read, it of course made the greatest farrago of nonsense imaginable. From Wordnik.com. [Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside] Reference
The farrago in question is in verse, and represents Shakspeare and Garrick as. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
Cameron went on the “massive loss of authority” Brown has suffered in his farrago. From Wordnik.com. [Wednesday Whoppers] Reference
Greece's debt crisis (the catalyst for this whole farrago) has been rumbling on for months. From Wordnik.com. [EU financial crisis - live blog] Reference
And so that whole sort of farrago of Canadian troops on board just derived from that one story. From Wordnik.com. [Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy] Reference
'Quidquid agunt homines, votum timor ira voluptas gaudia discursus nostri farrago libelli est.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Student's Companion to Latin Authors] Reference
It was more like a farrago of nonsense, an outcome of delirium, than a plain statement of solid facts. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
UPDATE: I also recommend my old chum Mr Eugenides and his entertaining summary of the whole sorry farrago. From Wordnik.com. [Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...] Reference
This farrago of caricature and non sequitur makes the administration seem eager to repel all but the delusional. From Wordnik.com. [Christine Pelosi: Reject False Choices Between Law Enforcement & Military] Reference
It is obsessed with Princess Diana, immigration and now global warming but is a farrago of prejudice and ignorance. From Wordnik.com. [Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...] Reference
One could forgive some of this if Mr. McVicar used any of this farrago of crazy old - and new-fangled fashion inventively. From Wordnik.com. [Latest 'Aida' in London Fails to Deliver] Reference
Yet if I had stayed in my office watching on television, I would probably have had a more informed assessment of the farrago. From Wordnik.com. [Why my sofa is the best seat in the House] Reference
Hayes can be relied on to provide a farrago of speciousness every time new information emerges refuting his deceptive thesis. From Wordnik.com. [Spencer Ackerman: Fast and Loose With the Facts] Reference
The letter-press to this "Life in Paris" is the vilest rubbish imaginable, -- a farrago of St. Giles's slang, Tottenham Court. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
Thankfully Howard pruned back the worst of this jungle, braving a farrago of accusations of racism and xenophobia in doing so. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Case in point: this story's author loved the movie; this magazine's film critic called it "a ludicrous farrago" in these pages. From Wordnik.com. [2006: A Space Oddity] Reference
Consider "Dream," a farrago of tunes by the great lyricist Johnny Mercer ( "Skylark," "Moon River") that is ponderously overproduced. From Wordnik.com. [Is Broadway Rhythm Back?] Reference
Consider the sheer awfulness of the farrago surrounding the 2005 French and Dutch referendums that rejected the European Constitution. From Wordnik.com. [The Pride of the Irish] Reference
The expenses farrago should teach Cameron this: transparency, combined with public anger, is a more powerful force than he ever imagined. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
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