'Macaroni' definitions:
Definition of 'macaroni'
From: WordNet
noun
A British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms; "Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni"
noun
Pasta in the form of slender tubes
Definition of 'Macaroni'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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). [1913 Webster]
- 2. A medley; something droll or extravagant. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A sort of droll or fool. [Obs.] --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775, who affected the mannerisms and clothing of continental Europe. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- 5. pl. (U. S. Hist.) The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] Macaronian
Synonyms of 'macaroni'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- beau,
- Beau Brummel,
- blade,
- blood,
- boulevardier,
- buck,
- clotheshorse,
- coxcomb,
- dandy,
- dude,
- dumpling,
- exquisite,
- fashion plate,
- fedellini,
- fettuccine,
- fine gentleman,
- fop,
- fribble,
- gallant,
- Italian paste,
- jack-a-dandy,
- jackanapes,
- knaydlach,
- lady-killer,
- lasagne,
- lounge lizard,
- man-about-town,
- masher,
- matzo balls,
- noodles,
- pasta,
- paste,
- puppy,
- ravioli,
- spaetzle,
- spaghetti,
- spaghettini,
- spark,
- sport,
- swell,
- vermicelli,
- won ton,
- ziti