Word of the week: While distantly linked to the Italian pasta dish, this 17th-18th century adjective means dandified, fancy, or over-the-top, in reference to the flamboyant macaroni hairpiece commonly worn by wealthy young men returning from their Grand Tour of Europe
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"The Macaroni. A real Character at the late Masquerade", a 1773 mezzotint by Philip Dawe
