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macaroni definition

maca·roni (mak′ə rō′nē)

noun

  1. pasta in the form of tubes or in various other shapes, often baked with cheese, ground meat, etc.
  2. pl. macaronies -·nies an English dandy in the 18th cent. who affected foreign mannerisms and fashions

Etymology: It maccaroni, maccheroni, pl. of maccherone < LGr makaria, food of broth and barley groats, sacrificial cake made from such mixture, lit., blessed (cake) < Gr, bliss < makar, blessed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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