Main Entry: mac·a·ro·ni

Pronunciation: \ˌma-kə-ˈrō-nē\

Function: noun

Etymology: Italian maccheroni, plural of maccherone, from Italian dial. maccarone dumpling, macaroni

Date: 1599

1 : pasta made from semolina and shaped in the form of slender tubes
2 plural macaronis or macaronies [Macaroni Club, a group of such Englishmen] a : a member of a class of traveled young Englishmen of the late 18th and early 19th centuries who affected foreign ways b : an affected young man : fop
3 : macaroni penguin