rigmarolish

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US/ɹɪɡməɹoʊlɪʃ/

adjective

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

“His essays were always dry, dense, and rigmarolish.”

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Meanings

adjectiverigmarolish (comparative more rigmarolish, superlative most rigmarolish)

comparative more rigmarolish · superlative most rigmarolish

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

    His essays were always dry, dense, and rigmarolish.

    1 more example

    1854, letter to Florence de Quincey, November 18, published 1877 in Thomas de Quincey: His Life and Writings, with Unpublished Correspondence, H. A. Page, editor Here's a rigmarolish paragraph, you say, about such a trifle as triliterality.

Origin

From rigmarole + -ish.

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APA

rigmarolish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rigmarolish

MLA

“rigmarolish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rigmarolish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rigmarolish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rigmarolish.

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