macaroon
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From French macaron. Doublet of macaron.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmæk.əɹˈuːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌmæk.əˈɹun/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -uːn
Noun edit
macaroon (plural macaroons)
- A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 208:
- I will take charge of the cake department, including, if I remember rightly, plum and plain, rout cakes, and macaroons, finger biscuits, and cracknels.
- Alternative spelling of macaron
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
macaroon (plural macaroons)
- (archaic) A coarse, rude, low fellow.
- 1590s, John Donne, Satire IV, "Well; I may now receive, and die":
- Like a big wife, at sight of lothed meat,
- Ready to travail; so I sigh and sweat,
- To hear this macaroon talk on in vain.
- 1590s, John Donne, Satire IV, "Well; I may now receive, and die":