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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
macaroni \mac`aro"ni\, n.; pl. macaronis, or macaronies.
prov. it. macaroni, it. maccheroni, fr. gr. ? happiness,
later, a funeral feast, fr. ? blessed, happy. prob. so called
because eaten at such feasts in honor of the dead; cf. gr. ?
blessed, i. e., dead. cf. macaroon.
1. long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of a wheat
flour such as semolina, and used as an article of food; a
form of italian pasta.
1913 webster
note: a paste similarly prepared is largely used as food in
persia, india, and china, but is not commonly made
tubular like the italian macaroni. --balfour cyc. of
india.
1913 webster
2. a medley; something droll or extravagant.
1913 webster
3. a sort of droll or fool. obs. --addison.
1913 webster
4. a finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to english
fops of about 1775, who affected the mannerisms and
clothing of continental europe. --goldsmith.
1913 webster
5. pl. u. s. hist. the designation of a body of maryland
soldiers in the revolutionary war, distinguished by a rich
uniform. --w. irving.
1913 webster macaronian
see also:
macaronis macaronies macaroon
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
macaroni
n 1: a british dandy in the 18th century who affected continental
mannerisms; "yankee doodle stuck a feather in his cap
and called it macaroni"
2: pasta in the form of slender tubes
also: macaronies pl
see also:
macaronies
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
43 moby thesaurus words for "macaroni":
beau brummel, italian paste, beau, blade, blood, boulevardier,
buck, clotheshorse, coxcomb, dandy, dude, dumpling, exquisite,
fashion plate, fedellini, fettuccine, fine gentleman, fop, fribble,
gallant, jack-a-dandy, jackanapes, knaydlach, lady-killer, lasagne,
lounge lizard, man-about-town, masher, matzo balls, noodles, pasta,
paste, puppy, ravioli, spaetzle, spaghetti, spaghettini, spark,
sport, swell, vermicelli, won ton, ziti
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