farraginous

far·rag·i·nous

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [fuh-raj-uh-nuh s]
- /fəˈrædʒ ə nəs/
- /fə.ˈrɑː.dʒɪ.nəs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fuh-raj-uh-nuh s]
- /fəˈrædʒ ə nəs/

Definitions of farraginous word

adjective farraginous heterogeneous; mixed: a farraginous collection of random ideas. 1
noun farraginous (now rare) Random, miscellaneous, indiscriminate. 1
adjective farraginous (now rare) Random, miscellaneous, indiscriminate. 0

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Origin of farraginous

First appearance:

before 1605

One of the 40% oldest English words

1605-15; < Latin farrāgin- (stem of farrāgō) mixed grains (see farrago) + -ous

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Parts of speech for Farraginous

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Farraginous

farraginous popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

farraginous usage trend in Literature

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