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macaroni |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 wheat flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: macaroni n : pasta in the form of slender tubes
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