Pronounced: sub-REP-shun, noun
Notes: This word comes from my reading
Yesterday’s word
The word farrago means “a confused mixture”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
As I noted yesterday, I’ve been mispronouncing this word; I thought it was “FAIR-uh-go”. I have read the word and had an idea of the meaning. Our word comes from the Latin word farrago (mixed fodder).
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