macaroon
English
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Almond and coconut macaroons
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Coconut macaroon closeup
Noun
macaroon (plural macaroons)
Translations
soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
Etymology 2
From Italian macarone.
Noun
macaroon (plural macaroons)'
- A coarse, rude, low fellow
- 1590s, John Donne, Satire IV, "Well; I may now receive, and die":
- 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":
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