rigmarole
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rigmarole
- /ˈɹɪɡməɹəʊl/ UK
- /ˈɹɪɡməɹoʊl/ US
Where it comes from
From ragman roll (“long list; catalogue”). Recorded since c1736.
noun rigmaroles · rigamarole
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A long and complicated formal procedure.
Have you seen all the rigmarole you have to go through at airport security these days?
Similar: carry-on, circus act, palaver, riddle me ree
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Confused and incoherent talk; nonsense.
If you are alluding to Dostoevski’s worst novels, then, indeed, I dislike intensely The Karamazov Brothers and the ghastly Crime and Punishment rigmarole.
Similar: babble, blather, gibberish, migmarole, absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls
Similar: carry-on, circus act, palaver, riddle me ree, rigmarole, song and dance
adjective rigamarole
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Characterized by rigmarole; prolix; tedious.
This is a most rigmarole letter, for after each sentence, I take breath[…]
Similar: long-winded, palaverous, circumlocutory, diffuse, periphrastic, pleonastic, prolix, rigmarole, sesquipedalian, verbose, wordy, drippy
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noun
Similar: carry-on, circus act, palaver, riddle me ree, rigmarole, song and dance
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noun long, tedious and complicated formal procedure
| Español | embrollo |
|---|---|
| Português | lengalenga |
| Français | imbroglio |
| Deutsch | Theater, Zirkus, Brimborium |
| Italiano | trafila, tiritera |
| Русский | каните́ль kanitélʹ, волоки́та volokíta |
Talk about this word "rigmarole." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rigmarole. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026. rigmarole. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rigmarole "rigmarole." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rigmarole.Cite this
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