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Mac·a·ro·ni n.; pl. Macaronis or Macaronies.
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.
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.
2. A medley; something droll or extravagant.
3. A sort of droll or fool. [Obs.]
4. A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775, who affected the mannerisms and clothing of continental Europe.
5. pl. U. S. Hist. The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform.
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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)]