macaroon
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)macaroons
- chewy cookie usually containing almond pasteType of cookie, cookyKinds coconut macaroon, ratafia
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Mac′a·roon′ noun
Origin: F. macaron, It. maccherone. See Macaroni.
1. A small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs, almonds or coconut, and sugar.
2. A finical fellow, or macaroni. obsolete
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54