Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Rigmarole \Rig"ma*role\, a.
Consisting of rigmarole; frivolous; nonsensical; foolish.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Rigmarole \Rig"ma*role\, n. [For ragman roll. See {Ragman's
roll}.]
A succession of confused or nonsensical statements; foolish
talk; nonsense. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
Often one's dear friend talks something which one
scruples to call rigmarole. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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}]
From English-German Freedict dictionary [fd-eng-deu]:
rigmarole [rigməroul]
Geschwätz
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