Macaroni
or MACCARONI (ō'nē), an article of food composed of the dough of fine wheaten flour, made into long, slender tubes varying in diameter from one-eighth of an inch to an inch; it is a favorite food in Italy. Figuratively, a fop, a dandy, an exquisite. They led the fashion from 1770 to 1775. They were distinguished by the immense knot of artificial hair worn by them, a very small cocked hat, jacket, waistcoat, and small clothes very tight to the body, and a walking-stick ornamented with long tassels.
MACARONIC VERSE