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Macaroni \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 a wheat
flour such as semolina, and used as an article of food; a
form of Italian pasta.
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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).
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2. A medley; something droll or extravagant.
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3. A sort of droll or fool. [Obs.] --Addison.
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4. A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English
fops of about 1775, who affected the mannerisms and
clothing of continental Europe. --Goldsmith.
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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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