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Macaroni

Macaroni Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Macaroni? [n] pasta in the form of slender tubes Synonyms \| Synonyms for Macaroni: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Macaroni: beau \| Beau Brummel \| blade \| blood \| boulevardier \| buck \| clotheshorse \| coxcomb \| dandy \| dude \| dumpling \| exquisite \| fashion plate \| fedellini \| fettuccine \| fine gentleman \| fop \| fribble \| gallant \| Italian paste \| 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 See Also \| alimentary paste \| pasta Macaroni In Webster's Dictionary \Mac`a*ro"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 wheat flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste. 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). 2. A medley; something droll or extravagant. 3. A sort of droll or fool. [Obs.] --Addison. 4. A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775. --Goldsmith. 5. pl. (U. S. Hist.) The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform. --W. Irving.

Macaroni Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Macaroni?

[n] pasta in the form of slender tubes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Macaroni:

See Also | alimentary paste | pasta

Macaroni In Webster's Dictionary

\Mac`a*ro"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 wheat flour,
   and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste.



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).

2. A medley; something droll or extravagant.

3. A sort of droll or fool. [Obs.] --Addison.

4. A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English
   fops of about 1775. --Goldsmith.



5. pl. (U. S. Hist.) The designation of a body of Maryland
   soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich
   uniform. --W. Irving.

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