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macaroni

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macaroni /ˌmakəˈrōnē, ˌmækəˈroʊni

▸ noun

(plural macaronies)

1 a variety of pasta formed in narrow tubes.

2 an 18th-century British dandy affecting Continental fashions.

– ORIGIN late 17th century : from Italian maccaroni (now usually spelled maccheroni), plural of maccarone, from late Greek makaria ‘food made from barley’.

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