farrago n 1: a motley assortment of things [syn: {odds and ends}, {oddments}, {melange}, {farrago}, {ragbag}, {mishmash}, {mingle-mangle}, {hodgepodge}, {hotchpotch}, {gallimaufry}, {omnium-gatherum}]
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. [1913 Webster]