macaroon
/ˌmæk.əˈɹuːn/
macaroon noun: a soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough. Also the alternative spelling of macaron.
Noun (1)
macaroon (plural macaroons)
- A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough.
- I will take charge of the cake department, including, if I remember rightly, plum and plain, rout cakes, and macaroons, finger biscuits, and cracknels.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 208
Noun (2)
macaroon (plural macaroons)
- A coarse, rude, low fellow.
- Like a big wife, at sight of lothed meat,
Ready to travail; so I sigh and sweat,
To hear this macaroon talk on in vain.1590s, John Donne, Satire IV, "Well; I may now receive, and die"
- Like a big wife, at sight of lothed meat,
Also used as
macaroon is also the alternative spelling of macaron.
Forms of macaroon
| plural | macaroons |
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Origin of macaroon
From French macaron. Doublet of macaron.
Borrowed from Italian macarone.
Words formed from macaroon
Words that rhyme with macaroon
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- croon
- blue moon
- boon
- monsoon
- noon
- pontoon
- raccoon
- tribune
- attune
- dragoon
- hoon
- immune
- picayune
- platoon
- soon
- swoon
- tycoon
- afternoon
- baboon
- commune
- doubloon
- harpoon
- jejune
- pantaloon
- picaroon
- shalloon
- bassoon
- buffoon
- cocoon
- dabloon
- entune
- gadroon
- hewn
- impugn
- jargoon
- june
- lacune
- last chance saloon
- lune
- man in the moon
- maroon
- poon
- puccoon
- ratoon
- scone
- toon
- trial balloon
- troon
Questions about macaroon
- What does macaroon mean?
- Macaroon means a soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough.
- What part of speech is macaroon?
- Macaroon is a noun.
- How do you pronounce macaroon?
- Macaroon is pronounced /ˌmæk.əˈɹuːn/.
- What is the plural of macaroon?
- The plural of macaroon is macaroons.
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