'Rigmarole' definitions:
Definition of 'rigmarole'
(from WordNet)
noun
A set of confused and meaningless statements [syn: rigmarole, rigamarole]
noun
A long and complicated and confusing procedure; "all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time" [syn: rigmarole, rigamarole]
Definition of 'Rigmarole'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Rigmarole'
From: GCIDE
- Rigmarole \Rig"ma*role\, a. Consisting of rigmarole; frivolous; nonsensical; foolish. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rigmarole'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absurdity,
- amphigory,
- babble,
- babblement,
- balderdash,
- bibble-babble,
- blabber,
- blather,
- bombast,
- claptrap,
- double-talk,
- drivel,
- drool,
- fiddle-faddle,
- fiddledeedee,
- flummery,
- folderol,
- fudge,
- fustian,
- gabble,
- galimatias,
- gammon,
- gibber,
- gibberish,
- gibble-gabble,
- gobbledygook,
- hocus-pocus,
- humbug,
- jabber,
- jargon,
- mumbo jumbo,
- narrishkeit,
- niaiserie,
- nonsense,
- pack of nonsense,
- palaver,
- prate,
- prattle,
- rant,
- rigamarole,
- rodomontade,
- rubbish,
- skimble-skamble,
- stuff and nonsense,
- stultiloquence,
- trash,
- trumpery,
- twaddle,
- twattle,
- twiddle-twaddle,
- vaporing,
- waffling