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English
Etymology
From (the stem of) Latin farrago + -ous.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fəˈɹeɪd͡ʒɪnəs/, /fəˈɹæd͡ʒɪnəs/
Adjective
farraginous (comparative more farraginous, superlative most farraginous)
- (now rare) Random, miscellaneous, indiscriminate.
1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: , London: T H for Edward Dod, , →OCLC:For being a confusion of knaves and fools, and a farraginous concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, and ages; it is but natural if their determinations be monstrous, and many waies inconsistent with Truth.