MACARONI


Meaning of MACARONI in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌma-kə-ˈrō-nē ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.