macaroni Definition

macaroni
noun macaronis, macaronies

1. Pasta in the form of short narrow tubes.
2. historical
In 18c Britain: a dandy, especially one who travelled abroad or imitated foreign habits, etc.

Etymology: 16c: from Italian dialect maccaroni, plural of maccarone (see macaroon); sense 2 is derived from the Macaroni Club in London, founded and frequented in the 18c by a group of such fashionable dandies.