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rigmarolish

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • US: /ɹɪɡməɹoʊlɪʃ/

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to a rigmarole; excessively elaborate, protracted, or diffuse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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  • 1854, letter to Florence de Quincey, November 18, published 1877 in Thomas de Quincey: His Life and Writings, with Unpublished Correspondence, H. A. Page, editor Here's a rigmarolish paragraph, you say, about such a trifle as triliterality.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From rigmarole + -ish.