macaroon

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˌmæk.əɹˈuːn/
• (America) IPA: /ˌmæk.əˈɹun/

Noun

macaroon (plural macaroons)

1. A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough.
2. Alternative spelling of macaron

Translations

• French: congolais, rocher coco
• German: Makrone
• Italian: amaretto
• Russian: минда́льное пече́нье
• Spanish: macarrón, macarone

Noun

macaroon (plural macaroons)

1. (archaic) A coarse, rude, low fellow.
   • 1590s, John Donne, Satire IV, "Well; I may now receive, and die":

     Like a big wife, at sight of lothed meat,

     Ready to travail; so I sigh and sweat,

     To hear this macaroon talk on in vain.

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