rigmarole

rig·ma·role  (rgm-rl) also rig·a·ma·role (--m-rl)

n.

1. Confused, rambling, or incoherent discourse; nonsense.

2. A complicated, petty set of procedures.

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[Alteration of obsolete ragman roll, catalog, from Middle English ragmane rolle, scroll used in Ragman, a game of chance : perhaps from Anglo-Norman Ragemon le bon, Ragemon the Good, title of a set of verses about a character of this name + Middle English rolle, list (from Old French, from Latin rotula, wheel; see roll).]

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rigmarole

Noun

1. a long complicated procedure

2. a set of incoherent or pointless statements [earlier ragman roll a list]

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Rigmarole a succession of incoherent statements.

Examples: rigmarole of grannies; of nonsense.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rigmarole - a set of confused and meaningless statements rigamarole hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
	2.	rigmarole - a long and complicated and confusing procedure; "all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time" rigamarole procedure, process - a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"

Translations

rigmarole [ˈrɪgmərəul] n → galimatías m inv

rigmarole [ˈrɪgmərəul] n → galimatias m, comédie f

rigmarole [ˈrɪgmərəul] n → Gedöns nt (inf)

rigmarole [ˈrɪgmərəul] n → tiritera; commedia