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rigmarole
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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.

[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).]

rigmarole
Noun
1. a long complicated procedure
2. a set of incoherent or pointless statements [earlier ragman roll a list]

Rigmarole a succession of incoherent statements.
Examples: rigmarole of grannies; of nonsense.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.rigmarole - a set of confused and meaningless statements
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"
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
Spanish rigmarole [ˈrɪgmərəul] ngalimatías m inv
French rigmarole [ˈrɪgmərəul] ngalimatias m, comédie f
German rigmarole [ˈrɪgmərəul] nGedöns nt (inf)
Italian rigmarole [ˈrɪgmərəul] ntiritera; commedia

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