rigmarole Definition
rig·ma·role (rig′mə rōl′)
noun
- foolish or incoherent rambling talk; nonsense
- a foolishly involved, fussy, or time-wasting procedure
Etymology: altered < ragman roll < ME rageman rolle, a long list or document
rigmarole Synonyms
rigmarole Usage Examples
Converse of object
involve: They still today involve a ridiculous rigmarole of searching.
Adjective modifier
- whole: This way you only have to worry about meeting your coach costs rather than going through the whole rigmarole of booking tickets in advance.
- long: And now what am I driving at, in all this long rigmarole?
- usual: Options are taken up, lapse, are sold again, the usual rigmarole.
- old: Until it is, I'll update the page manually, but probably not very often as it's a right old rigmarole.
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