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Grammar : Noun
Spell : mak-uh-roh-nee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌmæk əˈroʊ ni


Définition of macaroni

Origin :
  • "tube-shaped food made of dried wheaten paste" [Klein], 1590s, from southern Italian dialectal maccaroni (Italian maccheroni), plural of maccarone, name for a kind of pasty food, possibly from maccare "bruise, batter, crush," of unknown origin, or from late Greek makaria "food made from barley."
  • Used after c.1764 to mean "fop, dandy" (e.g. "Yankee Doodle") because it was an exotic dish at a time when certain young men who had traveled the continent were affecting French and Italian fashions and accents. There is said to have been a Macaroni Club in Britain, which was the immediate source of the term.
  • noun pasta
Example sentences :
  • Proceed in this way, until the dish is full (the top layer must be macaroni).
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Serve in a hot dish, with a border of boiled rice or macaroni.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Put a layer of macaroni in the bottom of a greased pie-dish.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Macaroni, rice, and such things are left a prey to mice or insects.
  • Extract from : « Nelson's Home Comforts » by Mary Hooper
  • The issues, clear enough to us, seem to him mixed as macaroni.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • Well, macaroni, then; and plum-pudding for dessert—and apples.
  • Extract from : « Funny Little Socks » by Sarah. L. Barrow
  • It is to the American, then, that the beggar looks for his daily macaroni.
  • Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
  • The Macaroni Club was to the last century what Crockford's was to this.
  • Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook
  • Its chief value is as a relish with bread, crackers, potatoes, or macaroni.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of Health » by Woods Hutchinson
  • She looked at him above her fork, from which the macaroni streamed down.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens

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