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Look up: macaroni

  1. macaroni
    [n] - pasta in the form of slender tubes
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Macaroni
    Mac`a·ro'ni noun ; plural Macaronis , or Macaronies . [ Prov. Italian macaroni , Italian maccheroni , from Greek ... happiness, later, a funeral feast, from ... blessed, happy. Prob. so called because eaten at such fe...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/1

  3. macaroni
    noun pasta in the form of slender tubes
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  4. macaroni
    noun a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms; `Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Macaroni
    • (n.) A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775. • (n.) A medley; something droll or extravagant. • (n.) A sort of droll or fool. • (n.) Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of wheat flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoe...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. macaroni
    small tubular form of pasta (q.v.).[2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/2

  7. macaroni
    in art, Late Paleolithic finger tracings in clay. It is one of the oldest and simplest known forms of art. Innumerable examples appear on the walls ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/2

  8. Macaroni
    Macaroni is a derogatory slang expression for an Italian.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. Macaroni
    Macaroni is a derogatory slang expression for an Italian.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. Macaroni
    The Macaroni were a group of 18th century dandies who from 1770 to 1775 led the fashion, and infuriated the church. They imitated extravagant Continental fashions - having derived their fashion in Italy - and were distinguished by wearing an immense knot of artificial hair, a very small cocked hat, ...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. Macaroni
    Pasta made with flour and water and then dried.
    Found on http://www.goodcooking.com/winedefs.html

  12. Macaroni
    Macaroni is a tubular form of pasta, usually served with a sauce, originating from the 16th century, and originally eaten at feasts honouring the dead. Originally macaroni was boiled in broth and served dressed with cheese, butter and spices.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  13. macaroni
    macaroni: see pasta.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  14. Macaroni
    Hollow, short pasta shapes. There are many versions varying in size and length.
    Found on http://www.foodler.com/glossary/cuisines

  15. Macaroni
    (fashion) A `macaroni` (or formerly `maccaroni`) in mid-18th century England, was a fashionable fellow who dressed and even spoke in an outlandishly affected and epicene manner. The term pejoratively referred to a man who "exceeded the ordinary bounds of fashion" in terms of clothes...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni

  16. Macaroni
    (film) `Macaroni` () is a 1985 Italian comedy film directed by Ettore Scola.<ref name="NY Times.com">--> Plot: Jack Lemmon plays a successful, physically exhausted, pill-popping American businessman, going through a divorce, who visits Naples, Italy. He spends several days...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni



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13 February 2012

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The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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