rigmarole

& a. [A corrupt. of ragman role (q. v.).] A. As subst.: A long, unintelligible story; a succe ion of confused or disjointed statements; loose, disjointed talk or writing; incoherent harangue; nonsense. "His speech was a fine sample, on the whole, Of rhetoric, which the learn'd call rigmarole ." Byron: Don Juan, i. 174. B. As adj .: Consisting of or characterized by rigmarole; unintelligible, nonsensical. *rig'-ma-rōl-Ish, adj . [Eng. rigmarol (e); -ish.) Incoherent, unintelligible, disconnected, nonsensical, rigmarole. "Which in his rambling and rigmarolish way he endeavored to answer."-London Daily Telegraph . ri-gol (1), s. [Ital. rigolo.] A circle. ri-gol (2), s. [REGAL, 8.] A kind of musical instrument; a regal. rig-õr, rig-our, s . [O. Fr. rigour (Fr. rigueur ), from Lat. rigorem , acc us. of rigor harshne , from rigeo to be stiff; Sp. & Port. rigor ; Ital. rigore.] IMG:content-0648.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Properly, fitly, suitably. 3. According to truth, reality, or fact; correctly, sion to pain, abstinence, or mortification of the not erroneously. "If I heard you rightly." Shakesp.: As You Like It, v. 4. *4. Straightly; directly in front. *5. Exactly, precisely.