macaroni

mac·a·ro·ni

noun \ˌma-kə-ˈrō-nē\

Definition of MACARONI

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

Examples of MACARONI

1. <the glitter rock of the 1970s seemed more about mascaraed macaronis than about music>

Origin of MACARONI

Italian maccheroni, plural of maccherone, from Italian dialect maccarone dumpling, macaroni

First Known Use: 1599

Related to MACARONI

Synonyms: beau, Beau Brummell, buck, dude, fop, gallant, jay, lounge lizard, dandy, pretty boy, toff [chiefly British]

Related Words: coxcomb, fancy Dan, popinjay; blade, cavalier, dasher; clotheshorse, exquisite, swell

Near Antonyms: slob, sloven

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Rhymes with MACARONI

abalone, acrimony, agrimony, Albinoni, alimony, antimony, Berlusconi, cannelloni, ceremony, chalcedony, cicerone, hegemony, matrimony, minestrone, Nakasone, one-trick pony, palimony, parsimony, patrimony, pepperoni, provolone, rigatoni, sanctimony, Shetland pony, testimony, zabaglione