farragon.
/fəˈreɪɡəʊ/ A confused group; a medley, mixture, hotchpotch.† a. of material things or of persons. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > incongruous mixture
hotchpotc1405
hodge-podgec1426
omnigatherum?a1430
mishmashc1475
peasemeala1525
omnium gatherum1530
mingle1548
hotchpotch1549
mingle-mangle1549
gallimaufry1551
rhapsody1574
sauce-medley1579
pell-mellc1586
linsey-woolsey1592
wilderness1594
brewage1599
motley1609
macaronic1611
medley1618
olla podridaa1635
farragoa1637
consarcination1640
porridge1642
olio1645
bisque1653
mélange1653
hash1660
jumble1661
farrage1698
capilotade1705
jargon1710
salmagundi1761
pasticcio1785
pea meal1789
ollapod1804
mixty-maxty1818
macédoine1820
ragbag1820
haggis1822
job lot1828
allsorts1831
conglomerate1837
pot-pourri1841
chow-chow1850
breccia1873
pastiche1873
macaroni1884
mixed bag1919
casserole1930
mixed bunch1958
rattle-bag1982
mulligan1993
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [noun] > a disorderly collection
rabblea1398
hotchpotc1405
hotchpotchc1410
mishmashc1475
gaggle?1478
chaos?1550
humble-jumble1550
huddle1587
wilderness1594
lurry1607
hatterc1626
farragoa1637
bumble1648
higgledy-piggledy1659
jumble1661
clutter1666
hugger-mugger1674
litter1730
imbroglio1753
confusion1791
cludder1801
hurrah's nest1829
hotter1834
welter1857
muddle1863
splatter1895
shamble1926
a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady i. vii. 19 in Wks. (1640) III Hee..holds..their causes, a farragoe, Or a made dish.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. iii. 149 The People were a Farrago, collected and gathered out of the neighbouring Nations.
1776 G. White Let. 3 Apr. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 208 Among this farrago also were to be seen maggots.
b. of immaterial things.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a confused assemblage or mixture
mishmashc1475
rabblement1539
mingle-mangle1549
bumble broth1572
bumble-bath1595
mash1601
colluvies1647
bumble1648
farrago1650
higgledy-piggledy1659
jumble1661
farrage1698
tumble1755
pie1837
Sargasso Sea1855
wirrwarra1866
chop suey1888
dog's breakfast1892
dog's dinner1902
sargasso1934
paella1939
1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 371 A strange miscellanie, farrago, and hotch-potch of Poperie, Arminianisme, and what not.
1783 P. Pott Chirurg. Wks. (new ed.) II. 7 Ancient surgery was..loaded with a farrago of external applications.
1827 G. Canning Poet. Wks. 31 No longer we want This farrago of cowardice, cunning, and cant.
1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 120 A farrago of the Lord's Prayer, the Litany of the Church of England, and the extemporaneous effusion of Dr. Cumming himself.
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