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rigmarolish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪɡməɹoʊlɪʃ/ (US)

Etymology

From rigmarole + -ish.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to a rigmarole; excessively elaborate, protracted, or diffuse.
   • His essays were always dry, dense, and rigmarolish.
   • 1854, letter to Florence de Quincey, November 18, published 1877 in Thomas de Quincey: His Life and Writings, with Unpublished Correspondence, H. A. Page, editor Here's a rigmarolish paragraph, you say, about such a trifle as triliterality.

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