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rigmarole |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rigmarole \Rig"ma*role\, a. Consisting of rigmarole; frovolous; nonsensical; foolish. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rigmarole \Rig"ma*role\, n. [For ragman roll. See {Ragman's roll}.] A succession of confused or nonsensical statements; foolish talk; nonsense. [Colloq.] Often one's dear friend talks something which one scruples to call rigmarole. --De Quincey. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rigmarole n 1: a set of confused and meaningless statements [syn: {rigamarole}] 2: a long and complicated and confusing procedure; "all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time" [syn: {rigamarole}]
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