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
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The first known use of macaroni was in 1599
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