[makaronipengin] (n) macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Macaroni \Mac`a*ro"ni\, n.; pl. {Macaronis}, or {Macaronies}.
[Prov. It. macaroni, It. maccheroni, fr. Gr. ? happiness,
later, a funeral feast, fr. ? blessed, happy. Prob. so called
because eaten at such feasts in honor of the dead; cf. Gr. ?
blessed, i. e., dead. Cf. {Macaroon}.]
1. Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of a wheat
flour such as semolina, and used as an article of food; a
form of Italian pasta.
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Note: A paste similarly prepared is largely used as food in
Persia, India, and China, but is not commonly made
tubular like the Italian macaroni. --Balfour (Cyc. of
India).
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2. A medley; something droll or extravagant.
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3. A sort of droll or fool. [Obs.] --Addison.
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4. A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English
fops of about 1775, who affected the mannerisms and
clothing of continental Europe. --Goldsmith.
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5. pl. (U. S. Hist.) The designation of a body of Maryland
soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich
uniform. --W. Irving.
[1913 Webster] Macaronian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
macaroni
n 1: a British dandy in the 18th century who affected
Continental mannerisms; "Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in
his cap and called it macaroni"
2: pasta in the form of slender tubes
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
macaroni /makaroni/
macaroni
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