4. A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of
about 1775. Goldsmith.
5. pl. (U. S. Hist.) The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in
the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform. W. Irving.
{ Mac`a*ro"ni*an (?), Mac`a*ron"ic (?), } a. [Cf. It. maccheronico, F.
macaronique.] 1. Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of
mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.
2. Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as,
macaronic poetry.
Mac`a*ron"ic (?), n. 1. A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a
jumble.
2. A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of
one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words,
and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots.
Mac`a*roon" (?), n. [F. macaron, It. maccherone. See Macaroni.] 1. A
small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs, almonds, and sugar.