5. pl. (U. S. Hist.) The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform. W. Irving.
MACARONIAN; MACARONIC Mac`a*ro"ni*an, Mac`a*ron"ic, a. [Cf. It. maccheronico, F. macaronique.]
1. Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.
2. Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry.
MACARONIC
Mac`a*ron"ic, n.
1. A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble.
2. A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots.
MACAROON
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.]