macaroni
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
macaroni
- (uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes; sometimes loosely, pasta in general. [from 17th c.]
- (pejorative, historical) A fop, a dandy; especially a young man in the 18th century who had travelled in Europe and who dressed and often spoke in an ostentatiously affected Continental manner. [from 17th c.]
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XI:
- Delicate lace ruffles fell over the lean yellow hands that were so overladen with rings. He had been a macaroni of the eighteenth century, and the friend, in his youth, of Lord Ferrars.
- 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:
- A small, noisy party of Fops, Macaronis, or Lunarians,—it is difficult quite to distinguish which,—has been working its way up the street.
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. XI:
- (fop) seeSynonyms en
- French: macaronis
- German: Makkaroni
- Italian: maccheroni
- Portuguese: macarrão
- Russian: макаро́ны
- Spanish: macarrones
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