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The origins of this are in Middle English <span class="foreign notranslate">rageman</span> "document recording accusations or offenses," also "an accuser" (late 13c.). For this, Middle English Compendium compares Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">rogs-ma</span><span class="foreign notranslate">ð</span><span class="foreign notranslate">r</span> "a slanderer," from older <span class="foreign notranslate">*vrogs-mannr</span>. With folk-etymology alterations along the way.</p> <p>By late 14c. <span class="foreign notranslate">rageman</span> was the name of a game involving a long roll of verses, each descriptive of personal character or appearance. In Anglo-French c. 1300 <span class="foreign notranslate">Ragemon le bon</span>, "Ragemon the good," is the heading on one set of verses, suggesting a characterization. The sense was transferred to "foolish activity or commotion" generally by 1939.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1736">1736</a></div></div></div></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of rigmarole">Trends of <i>rigmarole</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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