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mac⋅a⋅ro⋅ni

  [mak-uh-roh-nee]
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–noun, plural -nis, -nies for 2.
1. small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
2. an English dandy of the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms, clothes, etc.
Also, maccaroni.

Origin:
1590–1600; earlier maccaroni < dial. It, pl. of maccarone (It maccherone). See macaroon
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mac·a·ro·ni   (māk'ə-rō'nē)   
n.  

  1. pl. macaroni Pasta in any of various hollow shapes, especially short curved tubes.

  2. pl. macaroni or mac·a·ro·nies

    1. A well-traveled young Englishman of the 18th and 19th centuries who affected foreign customs and manners.

    2. A fop.


[Italian dialectal maccaroni, pl. of maccarone, dumpling, macaroni.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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macaroni 
1599, from southern It. dialect maccaroni (It. maccheroni), pl. of *maccarone, possibly from maccare "bruise, batter, crush," of unknown origin, or from late Gk. makaria "food made from barley." Used after c.1764 to mean "fop, dandy" (the "Yankee Doodle" reference) because it was an exotic dish at a time when certain young men who had traveled the continent were affecting Fr. and It. fashions and accents. There is said to have been a Macaroni Club in Britain, which was the immediate source of the term.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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macaroni

in art, Late Paleolithic finger tracings in clay. It is one of the oldest and simplest known forms of art. Innumerable examples appear on the walls and ceilings of limestone caves in France and Spain (see Franco-Cantabrian art), the oldest dating back about 30,000 years. Examples of the form range from simple scratchings and jumbled, apparently aimless lines to deliberate meanders, arabesques, and outline drawings of animals and humans.

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