*caron*

n.; pl. Macaronis or Macaronies. [ Prov. It. macaroni, It. maccheroni, fr. Gr. &unr_; happiness, later, a funeral feast, fr. &unr_; blessed, happy. Prob. so called because eaten at such feasts in honor of the dead; cf. Gr. &unr_; blessed, i. e., dead. Cf. Macaroon. ] 1. Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of a wheat flour such as semolina, and used as an article of food; a form of Italian pasta. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A paste similarly prepared is largely used as food in Persia, India, and China, but is not commonly made tubular like the Italian macaroni. Balfour (Cyc. of India). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A medley; something droll or extravagant. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sort of droll or fool. [ Obs. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775, who affected the mannerisms and clothing of continental Europe. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. pl. (U. S. Hist.) The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. It. maccheronico, F. macaronique. ] 1. Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A heap of things confusedly mixed together; a jumble. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]