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[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 wheat flour, and
used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste.

&fist; 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).

2. A medley; something droll or
extravagant.

3. A sort of droll or fool. [Obs.]
Addison.

4. A finical person; a fop; -- applied
especially to English fops of about 1775.
Goldsmith.

5. pl. (U. S. Hist.) The
designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War,
distinguished by a rich uniform. W. Irving.

{ Mac`a*ro"ni*an (?), Mac`a*ron"ic (?), }
a. [Cf. It. maccheronico, F.
macaronique.

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