farrago

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
farrago
    n 1: a motley assortment of things [syn: {odds and ends},
         {oddments}, {melange}, {farrago}, {ragbag}, {mishmash},
         {mingle-mangle}, {hodgepodge}, {hotchpotch}, {gallimaufry},
         {omnium-gatherum}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Farrago \Far*ra"go\, n. [L. farrago, -aginis, mixed fodder for
   cattle, mash, medley, fr. far a sort of grain. See {Farina}.]
   A mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a
   medley; a mixture.
   [1913 Webster]

         A confounded farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, wishes,
         and all the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
                                                  --Sheridan.
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