Macaroni
Macaroni , noun
[Prov. Italian macaroni, Italian maccheroni, from Greek {not transcribed} happiness, later, a funeral feast, from {not transcribed} blessed, happy. Probably so called because eaten at such feasts in honor of the dead; compare Greek {not transcribed} blessed, that is, dead. Compare 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.
A paste similarly prepared is largely used as food in Persia, India, and China, but is not commonly made tubular like the Italian macaroni.
2.
A medley; something droll or extravagant.
3.
A sort of droll or fool. [Obsolete] — Addison
4.
A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775, who affected the mannerisms and clothing of continental Europe. — Goldsmith
5.
(U. S. Hist.) The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform. — W. Irving