Rigmarolic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Characteristic of rigmarole. not-comparable, rare
""What is Poetry?" notwithstanding Leigh Hunt's rigmarolic attempt at answering it, is a query that, with great care and deliberate agreement beforehand on the exact value of certain leading words, may, possibly, be settled to the partial satisfaction of a few […]"
Example
More examples""What is Poetry?" notwithstanding Leigh Hunt's rigmarolic attempt at answering it, is a query that, with great care and deliberate agreement beforehand on the exact value of certain leading words, may, possibly, be settled to the partial satisfaction of a few […]"
Etymology
From rigmarole + -ic.
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