maccaroni

English

Noun

maccaroni (plural maccaronis)

1. Alternative form of macaroni (“a fop, a dandy”)
   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

     A nearer glance at his dress had satisfied Toole that he was too much of a maccaroni for an artist, and he was thinking of placing him upon the lord lieutenant's staff.

Anagrams

• carcinoma, macaronic