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Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/mæk��r��ni/
a|US IPA|/�mæk��ro�ni/
rhymes|��ni

Etymology 1
Corruption of Italian maccheroni, macaroni

Noun
en-noun|-

1. uncountable A type of pasta in the form of short tubes.
2. (used by Italian-Americans, especially in Philadelphia and New Jersey) A generic term for pasta.

Derived terms
macaroni and cheese
macaroni cheese
macaroni penguin

trans-bottom

generic term for pasta
See pasta

Etymology 2
Adopted by those who had visited Italy on the Grand Tour to mean anything fashionable

Noun
en-noun|es

1. pejorative In the eighteenth and nineteenth century|centuries, a man who dressed and often spoke in an ostentatiously affected and effeminate manner.
2. A sort of droll or fool; a fop; � applied especially to English fops of about 1775.

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See also
w:macaroni|Wikipedia article on macaroni (pasta)
w:macaroni_(fashion)|Wikipedia article on macaronies

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