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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 [ˈrɪgməˌrəʊl], rigamarole
n
1. any long complicated procedure
2. a set of incoherent or pointless statements; garbled nonsense
[from earlier ragman roll a list, probably a roll used in a medieval game, wherein various characters were described in verse, beginning with Ragemon le bon Ragman the good]

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"

rigmarole
noun
1. procedure, to-do, performance (informal), bother, carry-on (informal, chiefly Brit.), nonsense, fuss, hassle (informal), red tape, pantomime (informal), palaver Then the whole rigmarole starts over again!
2. twaddle, story, saga, trash, jargon, yarn, gibberish, spiel (informal), balderdash He gave me some rigmarole about the train being late.
Translations
rigmarole [ˈrɪgmərəʊl] N (= process) → galimatías m inv, lío m; (= paperwork etc) → trámites mpl, papeleo m
rigmarole [ˈrɪgmərəʊl] n
[process] → comédie f
(verbal)charabia m
rigmarole
nGelaber nt; (= process)Gedöns nt (inf); to go through the whole or same rigmarole againnochmal mit demselben Gelaber/Gedöns anfangen
rigmarole [ˈrɪgmˌrəʊl] n (pej) (speech) → storia, tiritera; (complicated procedure) → trafila


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