Meaning & use

rigamarole

noun·Everyday

A lengthy, complicated, and often unnecessary process or set of procedures.

See it in a sentence

Renewing the visa involved a whole rigamarole of forms, stamps, and waiting in line.

I don't want to go through the rigamarole of returning the item without a receipt.

A note on using this word

Rigamarole is an informal spelling variant of rigmarole; both are accepted, though rigmarole is more common in edited writing.

Words with a similar meaning

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