Macaroni /(?)/

Mac·a·ro·ni

Macaroni

n.

pl. Macaronis, Macaronies

  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.
  2. A medley; something droll or extravagant.
  3. A sort of droll or fool. [Obs.]
  4. A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775, who affected the mannerisms and clothing of continental Europe.
  5. The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform. (U. S. Hist.)