Science Fair Project Dictionary
Macaroni
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English
Etymology
Corruption of Italian maccheroni, macaroni
Noun
macaroni (uncountable)
- (uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes.
- (used by Italian-Americans, especially in Philadelphia and New Jersey) A generic term for pasta.
Translations
type of pasta
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generic term for pasta See pasta
Derived terms
- macaroni and cheese , macaroni cheese
Etymology
Adopted by those who had visited Italy on the Grand Tour to mean anything fashionable
Noun
macaroni (plural macaronies)
- (pejorative) In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a man who dressed and often spoke in an ostentatiously affected and effeminate manner.
See also
- Wikipedia article on macaroni (pasta)
- Wikipedia article on macaronies
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