Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - rigmarole
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Rigmarole
rigmarole
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
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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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(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 AmE n 1 a long confusing process or description (Omar went into this rigmarole about how he lost his passport.) 2 a long confusing series of actions that seems silly (I had to go through the whole rigmarole of kissing the Bible and swearing to tell the truth.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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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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