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• n  a set of confused and meaningless statements
• n  a long and complicated and confusing procedure
  all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time

• Putin has gone through all this expensive "election" rigmarole because he wants both to retain his grip on power and look presentable to the West.
• A bizarre rigmarole about a desert scion who kidnaps a dancing girl (Vilma Banky), The Son of the Sheik delighted audiences of its day .
• But the rigmarole we go through in order to wash down our KFC with some pinot grigio makes about as much sense as decanting a Red Bull.

• rigamarole

News & Articles

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• NBA Finals: Four Most Unexpected Leading Scorers Ever
  The NBA Finals. Where the tough get tougher, the best become legendary and everybody else is supposed to become mere footnotes in their histories. M.J., Shaq , Russell, Havlicek , Kareem, Magic, Bird, Duncan—they became immortals not because they dominated regular seasons but because they owned the final, postseason games; what the whole rigmarole is designed for in the first place. The ...
  June 18, 2013 - Bleacher Report

Quotes

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• Hector De La Torre in San Jose Mercury News
  So rather than get into a whole rigmaroleover who is responsible or whether the crash happened on official business, de la Torre said, "it's just simpler and cleaner for the state to fix the car."
• Franklin D Roosevelt in New York Times
  He left a whole rigmarole of figures,Roosevelt complained to his labor secretary, Frances Perkins, according to her memoir. "He must be a mathematician rather than a political economist."
• Cornelius Bennett in ESPN
  You don't have all the rigmarole that goes along with it,Bennett said. "At college you had no bills, just a cavalier lifestyle."