RIGAMAROLE meaning: Complex and unnecessary procedure; fuss

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rigamarole: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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rigamarole: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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rigamarole: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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rigamarole: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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▸ noun: (chiefly US) Alternative form of rigmarole [A long and complicated procedure that seems tiresome or pointless; seemingly unnecessary hoops.]

Opposite:

simplicity, straightforwardness, clarity

Adjectives:

whole, long, usual, same, tiresome, legal, such, mystical, bureaucratic, much, elaborate

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