farrago

[ fuh-rah-goh, -rey- ]

/ fəˈrɑ goʊ, -ˈreɪ- /

a confused mixture; hodgepodge; medley: a farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, and wishes.

Origin of farrago

1625–35; < Latin: literally, mixed crop of feed grains, equivalent to farr- (stem of far) emmer + -āgō suffix noting kind or nature

For stars, though, the fall of the comedy auteur means that the margin of error between a hit and a farrago is razor thin.

The Trials of ‘Tammy’: Stop Policing Melissa McCarthy’s Body |Teo Bugbee |July 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Is it all being filtered before we get to witness this farrago in action?

Malaysia’s Sinister Timeline for Flight 370 Unravels |Clive Irving |March 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Italian election was a farrago of farce and consequence that reaches far beyond the Alps and the Apennines.

The United States Can’t Insulate Itself From Euro Politics |Robert Shrum |February 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Cursorily examined, the Shan Hai King is a farrago of falsehood; read with intelligence, it is a mine of historical wealth.

Mythical Monsters |Charles Gould

She was afflicted with none of the complex psychology which makes the Western woman's life a farrago of intricate inhibitions.

Command |William McFee
Is it the Theological hodge-podge, the farrago of all the religions, which believe in the Gospel?

Two Addresses |Nicholas Rigby
Inside the cage Professor Farrago was seated, his spectacled eyes fixed on the row of pies.

In Search of the Unknown |Robert W. Chambers
Dr. Maitland considers Pylades and Corinna "a farrago of low rubbish, utterly beneath criticism."

Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 |Various

farrago

/ (fəˈrɑːɡəʊ) /

a hotchpotch

farraginous (fəˈrædʒɪnəs), adjective

C17: from Latin: mash for cattle (hence, a mixture), from fār spelt