Noun: rigmarole 'rig-mu,rówl or 'ri-gu-mu,rówl
- A long and complicated and confusing procedure
"all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time";
- rigamarole [US], palaver [informal]
- A set of confused and meaningless statements
"The customer service representative gave a long rigmarole instead of a simple answer";
- rigamarole [US]
Derived forms: rigmaroles
Type of: bunk [informal], hokum [informal], meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, procedure, process
Encyclopedia: Rigmarole