macaroni
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- maccaroni
- (pasta): maccheroni
Etymology 1 edit
From Italian maccaroni, obsolete variant of maccheroni (“macaroni”), plural of maccherone. This is of unknown origin, possibly from maccare (“bruise, batter, crush”), which itself is of unknown origin, or from late Ancient Greek μακαρία (makaría, “food made from barley”). Compare Sicilian maccarruni (“a single piece of macaroni”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /mɑk.əˈɹəʊ.ni/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) enPR: măk'ə-rōʹnē, IPA(key): /ˌmækəˈɹoʊni/
- Rhymes: -əʊni
Noun edit
macaroni (countable and uncountable, plural macaronis or macaronies)
- (uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes; sometimes loosely, pasta in general. [from 17th c.]
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 32:
- "I can recommend this macaroni, for it is my favourite dish: I am very national. You will not take any? Ah, young ladies are, or ought to be, light eaters. Your ladyship will, I trust, set your fair companion an example."
- (derogatory, historical) A fop, a dandy; especially a young man in the 18th century who had travelled in Europe and who dressed and often spoke in an ostentatiously affected Continental manner. [from 17th c.]
- 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.ii:
- 'Sure never were seen two such beautiful Ponies;
Other Horses are Clowns—and these macaronies
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:
- Delicate lace ruffles fell over the lean yellow hands that were so overladen with rings. He had been a macaroni of the eighteenth century, and the friend, in his youth, of Lord Ferrars.
- 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:
- A small, noisy party of Fops, Macaronis, or Lunarians,—it is difficult quite to distinguish which,—has been working its way up the street.
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:macaroni.
Synonyms edit
- (fop): See Thesaurus:dandy
Hyponyms edit
- elbow macaroni
- See also Thesaurus:pasta
Derived terms edit
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Translations edit
type of pasta
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Adjective edit
macaroni (comparative more macaroni, superlative most macaroni)
- (historical) Chic, fashionable, stylish; in the manner of a macaroni.
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From French macaron. Doublet of macaron.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /mak.əˈɹəʊ.ni/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) enPR: măk'ə-rōʹnē, IPA(key): /ˌmækəˈɹoʊni/
- Rhymes: -əʊni
Noun edit
macaroni (plural macaronis)
- (obsolete) A macaroon.
- 1777, Charlotte Mason, The lady's assistant for regulating and supplying her table: being a complete system of cookery, containing one hundred and fifty select bills of fare, properly disposed for family dinners ... with upwards of fifty bills of fare for suppers ... and several desserts: including likewise, the fullest and choicest receipts of various kinds ...[1] (cooking), page 300:
- Macaroni. It comes from Italy. It is a biscuit made of almonds, eggs, flower, and sugar.
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Audio (file)
Noun edit
macaroni m (uncountable)
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian maccaroni, obsolete variant of maccheroni (“macaroni”), plural of maccherone, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
macaroni m (plural macaronis)
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Further reading edit
- “macaroni”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From English macaroni, from Italian maccheroni.
Noun edit
macaroni m
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| macaroni | mhacaroni |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Spanish edit
Noun edit
macaroni m (plural macaronis)