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