Definitions for rigmarole
ˈrɪg məˌroʊlrig·ma·role

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rigmarole, rigamarolenoun

   a set of confused and meaningless statements

2. rigmarole, rigamarolenoun

   a long and complicated and confusing procedure

   "all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rigmarolenoun

   Complex, obsolete procedures; excess steps or activity; needless motion.

   Have you seen all the rigmarole you have to go through at airport security these days?

2. rigmarolenoun

   Nonsense; confused and incoherent talk.

   1895 In comes Mitaiele to Lloyd, and told some rigmarole about Paatalise (the steward's name) wanting to go and see his family in the bush. Robert Louis Stevenson, The Valima Letters, ch XIX

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1. rigmarole

   Rigmarole refers to a lengthy, complicated, or confusing procedure, process or story, often perceived as unnecessary or overly complicated. It can also refer to meaningless or nonsensical talk or writing.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rigmarolenoun

   a succession of confused or nonsensical statements; foolish talk; nonsense

2. Rigmaroleadjective

   consisting of rigmarole; frovolous; nonsensical; foolish

3. Etymology: [For ragman roll. See Ragman's roll.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rigmarole

   rig′ma-rōl, n. a repetition of foolish words: a long story: balderdash.—adj. prolix, tedious. [A corr. of ragman-roll, a document with a long list of names, or with numerous seals pendent.]

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1. • Nonsense
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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rigmarole in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rigmarole in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of rigmarole in a Sentence

1. Isadora Duncan:

   I had learned to have a perfect nausea for the theatre: the continual repetition of the same words and the same gestures, night after night, and the caprices, the way of looking at life, and the entire rigmarole disgusted me.

2. Boris Johnson:

   If we fail again, if we kick the can down the road on 31st October, if we continue to delay, if we treat this as a fake deadline, just yet another rigmarole, then I think the voters will be very frustrated indeed, and I think that our party, the Conservative Party, which I fought for a very long time across this country, I think that we will not easily recover.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rigmarole
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rigmarole
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rigmarole
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=rigmarole