Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - rigmarole
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(rigmaroles) You can describe a long and complicated process as a rigmarole. Then the whole rigmarole starts over again... N-COUNT: usu sing c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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also rigamarole noun Etymology: alteration of obsolete ragman roll long list, catalog Date: circa 1736 1. confused or meaningless talk 2. a complex and sometimes ritualistic procedure ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a lengthy and complicated procedure. 2 a a rambling or meaningless account or tale. b such talk. Etymology: orig. ragman roll = a catalogue, of unkn. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1736, "a long, rambling discourse," alteration 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, refering to a character by that name. Sense transfered to "foolish activity or commotion" c.1955, but known orally from 1930s. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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