fəˈrä(ˌ)gō, -rā(-, -ra(- noun
( -es )
Etymology: Latin farragin-, farrago mixed fodder for cattle, mash, mixture, from far spelt — more at barley
1. : mixture , medley
a farrago of protein, fiber, and mineral salts — New Yorker
2.
a. : a confused, disordered, or irrational assemblage (as of words or ideas)
his farrago of facts would need sifting — O.W.Holmes †1935
arranged as ‘South is London of Brighton’ they make a farrago which is neither true nor false, but nonsense — Gilbert Ryle
b. : a presentation (as of mingled fact and fancy) designed to deceive
a farrago of half-truths intended to put the party line in the best light
tricked many shrewd men with her wistful farragoes of the helpless orphan girl