rigmarole
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məˌroʊl noun
1.
an elaborate or complicated procedure: to go through the rigmarole of a formal dinner.
2.
confused, incoherent, foolish, or meaningless talk.
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rigmarole or rigamarole (ˈrɪɡməˌrəʊl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any long complicated procedure |
| 2. | a set of incoherent or pointless statements; garbled nonsense |
| [C18: 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] | |
| rigamarole or rigamarole | |
| —n | |
| [C18: 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] | |
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Rigmarole
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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Word Origin & History
rigmarole
1736, "a long, rambling discourse," from an altered, Kentish colloquial survival of ragman roll "long list or catalogue" (1523), in M.E. a long roll of verses descriptive of personal characters, used in a medieval game of chance called Rageman, perhaps from Anglo-Fr. Ragemon le bon "Ragemon the good,"
which was the heading on one set of the verses, referring to a character by that name. Sense transferred to "foolish activity or commotion" c.1955, but known orally from 1930s.
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Example sentences
The government's plan to perpetuate itself in office, via the traditional electoral rigmarole, is likely to go ahead.
Some darn good people left because they didn't want to go through this whole rigmarole.
If one has a connecting flight, you still have to through the customs rigmarole.
Take the rigmarole it puts users through when they wish to close an account.
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