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Meaning of MACAROON

Pronunciation:  `maku'roon

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 Definition: [n]  chewy drop cookie usually containing almond paste
 
 See Also: biscuit, coconut macaroon, cookie, cooky, ratafia, ratafia biscuit

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mac`a*roon"\, n. [F. macaron, It. maccherone. See
{Macaroni}.]
1. A small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs,
   almonds, and sugar.

2. A finical fellow, or macaroni. [Obs.]

 

 

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