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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Macaroni \Mac`a*ro"ni\, n.; pl. {Macaronis}, or {Macaronies}.
     [Prov. It. macaroni, It. maccheroni, fr. Gr. ? happiness,
     later, a funeral feast, fr. ? blessed, happy. Prob. so called
     because eaten at such feasts in honor of the dead; cf. Gr. ?
     blessed, i. e., dead. Cf. {Macaroon}.]
     1. Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of a wheat


        flour such as semolina, and used as an article of food; a
        form of Italian pasta.
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     Note: A paste similarly prepared is largely used as food in
           Persia, India, and China, but is not commonly made
           tubular like the Italian macaroni. --Balfour (Cyc. of
           India).
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     2. A medley; something droll or extravagant.
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     3. A sort of droll or fool. [Obs.] --Addison.
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     4. A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English
        fops of about 1775, who affected the mannerisms and
        clothing of continental Europe. --Goldsmith.
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     5. pl. (U. S. Hist.) The designation of a body of Maryland
        soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich
        uniform. --W. Irving.
        [1913 Webster] Macaronian

















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