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macaroon

[ mak-uh-roon ]

noun

  1. a drop cookie made of egg whites, sugar, usually almond paste or coconut, and sometimes a little flour.


macaroon

/ ˌmækəˈruːn /

noun

  1. a kind of sweet biscuit made of ground almonds, sugar, and egg whites


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Word History and Origins

Origin of macaroon1

1605–15; < Middle French macaron < dialectal Italian maccarone cake or biscuit made of ground almonds; macaroni

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Word History and Origins

Origin of macaroon1

C17: via French macaron from Italian maccarone macaroni

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Example Sentences

He talks about diving into the world of high fashion and his new macaroon flavor.

Make macaroon crumbs by drying macaroons and beating them until they are quite fine.

"I know who you are," he said, as he annihilated a cocoanut macaroon.

How many a ginger-cake, and biscuit, and macaroon, have I slipped into your bands—I was always so fond of you.

Marise stopped eating the macaroon, and, going slowly to the table, she laid the nibbled remnant on somebody else's plate.

While the above is baking, make very small choux (about the size of a macaroon), and bake them also.

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