macaroni

Definition of Macaroni in English :

1. macaroni

a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms

Example Sentences:
'Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni'

2. macaroni

pasta in the form of slender tubes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Macaroni

noun plural -nis or -nies

1.

pasta tubes made from wheat flour

2.

(in 18th-century Britain) a dandy who affected foreign manners and style

noun

1.

pasta in the form of tubes or in various other shapes, often baked with cheese, ground meat, etc.

2. Word forms: plural ˌmacaˈronies

an English dandy in the 18th cent. who affected foreign mannerisms and fashions

n.

1. pl. macaroni Pasta in any of various hollow shapes, especially short curved tubes.

2. pl. macaroni or mac·a·ro·nies

a. A well-traveled young Englishman of the 1700s and 1800s who affected foreign customs and manners.

b. A fop.