Definitions for macaroniˌmæk əˈroʊ ni

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

mac•a•ro•niˌmæk əˈroʊ ni(n.)(pl.)-nis, -nies.

  1. small tubular pasta made of wheat flour.

    Category: Cooking

  2. an English dandy of the 18th century affecting Continental ways.

    Category: British

Origin of macaroni:

1590–1600; < dial. It maccaroni, pl. of maccarone

Princeton's WordNet

  1. macaroni(noun)

    a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms

    "Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni"

  2. macaroni(noun)

    pasta in the form of slender tubes

Webster Dictionary

  1. Macaroni(noun)

    long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of wheat flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste

  2. Macaroni(noun)

    a medley; something droll or extravagant

  3. Macaroni(noun)

    a sort of droll or fool

  4. Macaroni(noun)

    a finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775

  5. Macaroni(noun)

    the designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Macaroni

    a fine wheaten paste made into long thin tubes, and manufactured in Italy and the S. of France.


Translations for macaroni

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

macaroni(noun)

a form of pasta, pressed out to form tubes, and dried

The macaroni is over-cooked.

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