macaroon
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word macaroon. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word macaroon, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say macaroon in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word macaroon you have here. The definition of the word macaroon will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofmacaroon, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Almond and coconut macaroons 
Coconut macaroon closeup
English
Etymology 1
From French macaron. Doublet of macaron.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmæk.əˈɹuːn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːn
Noun
macaroon (plural macaroons)
- A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. , volume I, London: Henry Colburn, , published 1842, →OCLC, page 208:
- I will take charge of the cake department, including, if I remember rightly, plum and plain, rout cakes, and macaroons, finger biscuits, and cracknels.
- Alternative spelling of macaron
Derived terms
Translations
soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
|
Etymology 2
Noun
macaroon (plural macaroons)
- (archaic) 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":
