Macaroni (Noun)
Meaning 1
Pasta in the form of slender tubes.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms; "Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The fashionable gentleman, a self-proclaimed macaroni, pranced through the streets of London with his fancy cane and puffed-out chest.
- Lord Reginald, a notorious macaroni, was known for his outlandish wigs and elaborate snuffboxes adorned with Continental designs.
- At the ball, Captain Finchley was ridiculed by his fellow officers for being a macaroni, with his brightly colored waistcoat and exaggerated mannerisms.
- In the 1760s, James Townley's play "High Life Below Stairs" poked fun at the pretentious macaroni, who tried to emulate the elegance of Continental aristocrats.
- To be called a macaroni was to be labeled a pseudo-sophisticate, aping the customs and style of Europe without truly understanding them.