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macaroni
(encz) | macaroni,makaróny n: Ota |
Macaroni
(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.
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macaroni
(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 |
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macaroni salad
(encz) | macaroni salad, n: |
macaroni wheat
(encz) | macaroni wheat, n: |
macaronic
(encz) | macaronic,makaronský adj: [kniž.] např. a makaronic novel = makaronský
román tatamacaronic,promíchaný adj: tatamacaronic,smíchaný adj: tatamacaronic,text obsahující slova z cizích jazyků adj: [lingv.] tata |
Macaroni
(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.
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Macaronian
(gcide) | Macaronian \Mac`a*ro"ni*an\, Macaronic \Mac`a*ron"ic\, a. [Cf.
It. maccheronico, F. macaronique.]
1. Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of
mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.
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2. Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called
macaronic; as, macaronic poetry.
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Macaronic
(gcide) | Macaronian \Mac`a*ro"ni*an\, Macaronic \Mac`a*ron"ic\, a. [Cf.
It. maccheronico, F. macaronique.]
1. Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of
mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.
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2. Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called
macaronic; as, macaronic poetry.
[1913 Webster]Macaronic \Mac`a*ron"ic\, n.
1. A heap of things confusedly mixed together; a jumble.
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2. A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular
words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with
genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding
Latin terminations to other roots.
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Macaronies
(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 |
Macaronis
(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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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macaroni and cheese
(wn) | macaroni and cheese
n 1: macaroni prepared in a cheese sauce |
macaroni salad
(wn) | macaroni salad
n 1: having macaroni as the base |
macaroni wheat
(wn) | macaroni wheat
n 1: wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and
used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern
Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America
[syn: durum, durum wheat, hard wheat, {Triticum
durum}, Triticum turgidum, macaroni wheat] |
macaronic
(wn) | macaronic
adj 1: of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular
words jumbled together; "macaronic verse" |
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