English-Thai Dictionary

rigmarole

N การ พูด ที่ วกวน  การ พูด ที่ เหลวไหล ไร้สาระ  blather drivel kan-phud-ti-wok-won

 

rigmarole

N วิธีการ ที่ ซับซ้อน  procedure rigamarole wi-te-kan-ti-sab-son

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RIGMAROLE

n.a repetition of stories; a succession of stories.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RIGMAROLE

Rig "ma *role, n. Etym: [For ragman roll. See Ragman's roll. ]

 

Defn: A succession of confused or nonsencial statements; foolish talk; nonsense. [Colloq. ] Often one's dear friend talks something which one scruples to call rigmarole. De Quincey.

 

RIGMAROLE

RIGMAROLE Rig "ma *role, a.

 

Defn: Consisting of rigmarole; frovolous; nonsensical; foolish.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rigmarole

rig ma role |ˈrig (ə )məˌrōl ˈrɪɡ (ə )məˌroʊl | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] a lengthy and complicated procedure: he went through the rigmarole of securing the front door. • a long, rambling story or statement. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: apparently an alteration of ragman roll, originally denoting a legal document recording a list of offenses.

 

Oxford Dictionary

rigmarole

rigmarole |ˈrɪgmərəʊl | ▶noun a lengthy and complicated procedure: he went through the rigmarole of securing the front door. • a long, rambling story or statement. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: apparently an alteration of ragman roll, originally denoting a legal document recording a list of offences.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

rigmarole

rigmarole noun 1 the rigmarole of dressing up: fuss, bother, trouble, palaver, ado, pother, song and dance, performance, to-do, pantomime, hassle, folderol. 2 that rigmarole about the house being haunted: tale, saga, yarn, shaggy-dog story; informal spiel.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

rigmarole

rigmarole noun 1 she went through all the rigmarole of dressing and making up: lengthy process, fuss, fuss and bother, bother, commotion, trouble, folderol, ado, pother; informal palaver, song and dance, performance, to-do, carry-on, carrying-on, kerfuffle, hoo-ha, hullabaloo, ballyhoo, business, pantomime, hassle, hoopla; NZ informal bobsy-die. 2 that rigmarole about the house being haunted was just to keep people away: lengthy story /explanation, saga, yarn, recitation, burble, burbling, maundering, shaggy-dog story; informal spiel, banging on, palaver.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

rigmarole

rig ma role /rɪ́ɡməròʊl /名詞 1 〖単数扱い 〗長くてややこしい過程 [話 ].2 U (必要以上に )長く面倒な手続き .