n.
Pronunciation: ˌ ma-k ə - ' r ō -n ē
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian maccheroni, plural of maccherone, from Italian dialect maccarone dumpling, macaroni
Date: 1599
1 : pasta made from semolina and shaped in the form of slender tubes
2 plural macaronis or macaronies [ Macaroni Club, a group of such Englishmen] a : a member of a class of traveled young Englishmen of the late 18th and early 19th centuries who affected foreign ways b : an affected young man : FOP
3 : MACARONI PENGUIN