macaroni

or mac·ca·ro·ni

[ mak-uh-roh-nee ]
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noun,plural mac·a·ro·nis, mac·a·ro·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.

Origin of macaroni

1
1590–1600; earlier maccaroni<dialectal Italian, plural of maccarone (Italian maccherone). See macaroon

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British Dictionary definitions for macaroni

macaroni

maccaroni

/ (ˌmækəˈrəʊnɪ) /


nounplural -nis or -nies
  1. pasta tubes made from wheat flour

  2. (in 18th-century Britain) a dandy who affected foreign manners and style

Origin of macaroni

1
C16: from Italian (Neapolitan dialect) maccarone, probably from Greek makaria food made from barley

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