Synonyms for rigmarole

Grammar : Noun

Spell : rig-muh-rohl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪg məˌroʊl

Top 10 synonyms for rigmarole

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Définition of rigmarole

Origin : 1736, "a long, rambling discourse," apparently from an altered, Kentish colloquial survival of ragman roll "long list or catalogue" (1520s), in Middle English a long roll of verses descriptive of personal characters, used in a medieval game of chance called Rageman, perhaps from Anglo-French Ragemon le bon "Ragemon the good," which was the heading on one set of the verses, referring to a character by that name. Sense transferred to "foolish activity or commotion" by 1939.

noun nonsense

Example sentences :

I was sitting with my finger in the hot water listening to this rigmarole.
Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro

What made that other child tell all that rigmarole about fairies?
Extract from : « A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia » by Alice Turner Curtis

Daddy Tantaine began to grow impatient with all this rigmarole.
Extract from : « Caught In The Net » by Emile Gaboriau

But I've got to tell you all this rigmarole first, so you'll understand what's comin'.
Extract from : « Aunt Jane of Kentucky » by Eliza Calvert Hall

"All this rigmarole comes of the theatre," said Sister Agatha grimly.
Extract from : « Flamsted quarries » by Mary E. Waller

He was great in dreams, portents, et id genus omne of rigmarole.
Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe

Now you can tell me the true inward meaning of all this rigmarole.
Extract from : « The Grand Babylon Hotel » by Arnold Bennett

He's got a rigmarole somethin' about his bein' a Jew pedler that he tells ev'rybody.
Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry

Of course, that rigmarole about the cardinal is all nonsense.
Extract from : « Castellinaria » by Henry Festing Jones

The Sirdar himself is included in his rigmarole of accusations.
Extract from : « Khartoum Campaign, 1898 » by Bennet Burleigh

Antonyms for rigmarole

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