Macaroni is a kind of pasta made in the shape of short hollow tubes.
macaroni in British English
or maccaroni (ˌmækəˈrəʊnɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-nis or -nies
1.
pasta tubes made from wheat flour
2.
(in 18th-century Britain) a dandy who affected foreign manners and style
Word origin
C16: from Italian (Neapolitan dialect) maccarone, probably from Greek makaria food made from barley
macaroni in American English
(ˌmækəˈroʊni)
noun
1.
pasta in the form of tubes or in various other shapes, often baked with cheese, ground meat, etc.
2. Word forms: pluralˌmacaˈronies
an English dandy in the 18th cent. who affected foreign mannerisms and fashions
Word origin
It maccaroni, maccheroni, pl. of maccherone < LGr makaria, food of broth and barley groats, sacrificial cake made from such mixture, lit., blessed(cake) < Gr, bliss < makar, blessed