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Meaning of 'macaroni' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Macaroni [ n.]
- Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of wheat flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste.
- A medley; something droll or extravagant.
- A sort of droll or fool.
- A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775.
- The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform.

Meaning of 'macaroni' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . macaroni [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms
Example in sentence:
  • Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni

Nearby Words:

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