Macaroni

mak-a-rō′ni, n. a kind of paste or dough prepared from the glutinous granular flour of hard varieties of wheat, pre ed out through a perforated ve el into long tubes, and then dried: a medley: something fanciful and extravagant: a fool: a fop:— pl. Macarō′nis , Macarō′nies .— n. Macaron′ic , a confused heap, a medley: a macaronic poem.— adjs. Macaron′ic , Macarō′nian , like a macaroni, trifling, affected: of a kind of burlesque verse, consisting of modern words Latinised, or Latin words modernised, intermixed with genuine Latin words. [Old It. maccaroni — maccare , to crush.]