macaroni /ˌmakəˈrəʊni 
/ ▸ noun (plural macaronies)
1 [mass noun] pasta in the shape of narrow tubes. 2 an 18th-century British dandy who imitated continental fashions. – ORIGIN late 17th century: from Italian maccaroni (now usually spelled maccheroni), plural of maccarone, perhaps from late Greek makaria ‘food made from barley’.
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