Thesaurus: macaroni

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1. n. Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of wheat flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste.
2. n. A medley; something droll or extravagant.
3. n. A sort of droll or fool.
4. n. A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775.
5. n. The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform.
6. n. a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms
7. n. pasta in the form of slender tubes
8. 1. Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of wheat flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste. 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). 2. A medley; something droll or extravagant. 3. A sort of droll or fool. [Obs.] Addison. 4. A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775. Goldsmith. 5. pl. (U. S. Hist.) The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform. W. Irving.
9. n:100 n. a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms n. pasta in the form of slender tubes