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macaronism|mækəˈrəʊnɪz(ə)m|
Also 8 macaronyism, 9 maccaroni-ism.
[f. macaroni + -ism.]
Behaviour characteristic of a macaroni; dandyism.
1775F. Burney Early Diary 21 Nov, He is a good deal in the present ton, which is not Macaronyism. 1835Tait's Mag. II. 20 His colonel..requited his maccaroni-ism by a week's arrest. 1863Sala Capt. Dangerous II. viii. 252 We would have thought it vile poltroonery and macaronism to have worn wigs. 1868C'tess Minto Mem. H. Elliot i. 28 His maccaronism seems to have been a subject of jest among his friends. |
