macaque 
macaque, M. maitrus, the tail is a mere sturap. Some of 
these monkeys reach the snow-line in Tibet, as M, thibe- 
taimtt. A remarkalile species, the wanderoo, M. xilemts, 
with a tufted tail and the face set in an enormous frill of 
long gray hair, inhabits Malabar. Sometimes spelled ma- 
cake. 
Macaria (ma-ka'ri-a), . [NL., < Gr. [laKaptof, 
pa.ii.ap, blessed, happy.] In soiil., a name of va- 
rious genera, (a) A genus of spiders. Koch, 1795. (b) 
The typical genus of Macariidw or Macariiiia}, erected by 
Curtis in 1828. They are delicate, slender-bodied moths of 
grayish color, whose larvee are slender with heart-shaped 
head. It is a large and wide-spread genus, occurring abun- 
dantly in Europe and America. M. liturata is the tawny- 
barred angle of English collectors, to whom M. notata is 
known as the small peacock-moth, (c) A genus of lady- 
birds or coccinellids, confined to South America, having 
the third and fifth joints of the antennae very small. Also 
Micaria. Dejean, 1834. 
Macarian (ma-ka'ri-an), a. [< Maeariug (see 
def.) (< Gr. /uandpioc, blessed) + -an.'] 1. A fol- 
lower of the monastic system or customs of the 
elder Macarius of Egypt, or of the younger Ma- 
carius of Alexandria, contemporary monks of 
the fourth century, who were noted for their 
severe asceticism. 2. A follower of the Mo- 
nothelite Macarius, patriarch of Antioch in the 
seventh century. 
Macariidae (mak-a-ri'i-de), n.pl. [NL..< Maca- 
ria + -idee."] A family of geometric! moths, typi- 
fied by the genus Macaria. Also called Macti- 
rida;. They are also classed as a subfamily, 
Macariinw, of G-eontetridai. 
macarism (mak'a-rizm), n. [< Gr. /taKapia[t6s, 
blessing, <. /janapifciv, bless.] Abeatitude. J.A. 
Alexander, Commentary on Matthew, p. 110. 
macarize (mak'a-riz), v. t.; pret. and pp. maca- 
rizecl, ppr. macdrizing. [< Gr. fia/tapi&w, bless, 
pronounce happy, < [lamp, blessed, happy.] To 
bless; pronounce happy; 
late. [Bare.] 
, . 
; wish joy to; congratu- 
The word macarize has been adopted by Oxford men 
who are familial' with Aristotle, to supply a word wanting 
in our language. "Felicitate" and "congratulate" are 
(in actual usage) confined to events. ... It may be said 
that men are admired for what they are, commended for 
what they do, and macarized for what they have. 
Whately, On Bacon's Essay on Praise (ed. 1887). 
macaroni (mak-a-ro'ni), n. and n. [Formerly 
also maccaroni, mackeroni, macheroni; = F. 
macaroni = Sp. macarrones = Pg. macarrao, < 
Olt. maccaroni, It. macchcroni, macaroni, orig. a 
mixture of flour, cheese, and butter, prob. < mac- 
care, bruise, batter, < L. macerarc, macerate: see 
macerate. Cf. macaroon, from the same source. 
In ref. to the secondary uses of the word (cf. It. 
macearone, now maccherone, a fool, blockhead), 
it is to be noted that it is common to name a 
droll fellow, regarded as typical of his coun- 
try, after some favorite article of food, as E. 
Jack-pudding, G. Hanswurst ('Jack Sausage'), 
F. Jean Farine ('Jack Flour').] I. n. 1. A 
kind of paste or dough prepared, originally 
and chiefly in Italy, from the glutinous granu- 
lar flour of hard varieties of wheat, pressed 
into long tubes or pipes through the perfo- 
rated bottom of a vessel furnished with man- 
drels, and afterward dried in the sun or by 
low heat. The same material, called Italian paste, is 
also made into a thread-like product called vermicelli, and 
into sticks, lozenges, disks, ribbons, etc. Macaroni, cooked 
in various ways, constitutes a leading article of food in 
Italy, especially in Naples and Genoa, and it is much used 
elsewhere. Imitations of it are made in other countries 
from ordinary flour, which is much less suitable. 
He doth learn to make strange sauces, to eat anchovies, 
maccaroni, bovoli, fagioli, and caviare. 
B. Joneon, Cynthia's Revels, ii. 1. 
2. A medley; something extravagant or calcu- 
lated to please an idle fancy. 3f. A London 
exquisite of the eighteenth century ; a fop ; a 
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dandy ; a member of the Macaroni Club. See 
II., 1. 
Lady Falkener's daughter is to be married to a young 
rich Mr. Crewe. a macarone, and of our loo. 
Walpole, To Hertford, May 27, 1764. 
You are a delicate Londoner ; you are a macaroni; you 
can't ride. Bosicell, Tour to Hebrides, p. 84. 
Sure never were seen two such beautiful ponies ; 
Other horses are clowns, but these macaronies. 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, ii. 2. 
[Hence arose the use of the word in the contemporary dog- 
gerel of " Yankee Doodle " 
[He] stuck a feather in his cap, 
And called it macaroni 
and its application as a name, in the American revolution, 
to a body of Maryland troops remarkable for their showy 
uniforms.] 
4. A crested penguin or rock-hopper : a sailors' 
name. See penguin, and cut under Eudyptes. 
H.t a. 1. Consisting of gay or stylish young 
men: specifically [cap."] applied to a London 
club, founded about the middle of the eigh- 
teenth century, composed of young men who 
had traveled and sought to introduce elegances 
of dress and bearing from the continent. 
On Saturday, at the Maccaroni Club (which is composed 
of all the travelled young men who wear long curls and 
spying-glasses) they played again. 
Walpole, To Hertford, Feb. 6, 1764. 
2. Of or pertaining to macaronis or fops; ex- 
quisite. 
Ye travell'd tribe, ye macaroni train, 
Of French friseurs and nosegays justly vain. 
Goldsmith, Epilogue spoken by Mrs. Bulkley and Miss 
[Catley. 
Daft gowk in macaroni dress, 
Are ye come here to shaw your face ? 
Fergusson, On seeing a Butterfly in the Street. 
macaronian (mak-a-ro'ni-an), a. and n. [< mac- 
aroni + -an.] Same as macaronic. 
macaronic (mak-a-ron'ik), a. and n. [= F. 
macaroniqne = Sp. macarronico = Pg. macar- 
ronico = It. maccheronico ; as macaroni + -ic.] 
I. a. 1. Of or pertaining to the food macaroni. 
2f. Pertaining to or like a macaroni or fop; 
hence, trifling; vain; affected. 3. In lit., 
using, or characterized by the use of, many 
strange, distorted, or foreign words or forms, 
with little regard to syntax, yet with sufficient 
analogy to common words and constructions to 
be or seem intelligible : as, a macaronic poet ; 
macaronic verse. Specifically, macaronic verse or po- 
etry is a kind of burlesque verse in which words of another 
language are mingled with Latin words, or are made to 
figure with Latin terminations and in Latin constructions. 
The term was brought into vogue by the popular satirical 
works in this style of the Mantuan Teofllo Folengo (died 
1544). It is probable that this use of the word has refer- 
ence to the varied ingredients which enter into the prep- 
aration of a dish of macaroni. 
A macaronic stage seems very often to mark the decline 
of an old literature and language, in countries exposed to 
powerful foreign influences. 
O. P. Marsh, Lects. on Eng. Lang., v. 
II. n. 1. A confused heap or mixture of sev- 
eral things. Cotgrave. 2. Macaronic verse. 
macaronicalt (mak-a-ron'i-kal), a. [< maca- 
ronic + -al.~] Same as macaronic. Nashc. 
macaroon (mak-a-ron'), n. [Formerly also 
mackaroon, mackrbpn, makaron, macaron; < F. 
macaron, macaroni, also a bun or cake, = Sp. 
macarron, macaroon, < Olt. maccaroni, orig. a 
mixture of flour, cheese, and butter: see maca- 
roni.] 1. A small sweet cake, made of sweet- 
almond meal instead of wheaten flour, and white 
mace 
Macaroni and Lady in dress of 1770- 1775. 
Let anything come in the shape of fodder, or eating- 
stuffe, it is wellcome, whether it be Sawsedge, ... or 
Chese-cake, ... or Mackroone, Kickshaw, or Tantablin ! 
John Taylor, The Great Eater of Kent (1610). 
2f. A droll; a buffoon. 3f. A finical fellow; 
a fop; an exquisite. Compare macaroni, 3. 
Call'd him ... a macaroon, 
And no way fit to speak to clouted shoon. 
R. B., Elegy on Donne (Donne's Poems, ed. 1650). 
macarte (ma-kiirt'), n. [Origin not ascer- 
tained.] A rope attached to the hackamore. 
Macartney pheasant. See pheasant. 
macary-bitter (mak'si-ri-bit'er), n. The shrub 
Picramnia Antidesma, which yields medicinal 
bitters. [West Indies. ] 
Macassar oil. See oil. 
macasse (ma-kas'), n. [Origin obscure.] In a 
sugar-mill, one of the two side rollers (the other 
one being called distinctively the side roller) 
placed in the same horizontal plane beneath 
the third roller, which is called the Icintj-roller. 
macaw (ma-ka'),. [Formerly also maccaw,ma- 
cao,machao; <Braz. macao."] A large American 
parrot of the family Psittacidw and subfamily 
Arince, having a very long graduated tail and 
the face partly bare of feathers. The macaws are 
among the largest and most magnificent of the parrot 
tribe ; but they are less docile than most parrots, and their 
Red-and-blue Macaw (Ara macao : . 
voice is exceedingly harsh. The species 
are numerous, all inhabiting tropical or 
subtropical America, especially the former. 
See Aral. 
macaw-bush (ma -ka' bush), n. A 
West Indian plant, Solanum mammosmn, a some- 
what shrubby, prickly weed. 
macaw-palm (ma-ka'pam), n. Same as ma- 
caw-tree. 
macaw-tree (ma-ka'tre), n. A South Ameri- 
can palm, Acrocomia sclerocarj>a. Also called 
gru-gru. 
Maccabean (mak-a-be'an), a. [Also Maccu- 
baan; < LL. Maccabceus, < Gr. MaKKa/3aioc, Mac- 
cabseus.] Of orpertaining to the Jewish princes 
called Maccabees, who delivered Judea from 
the tyranny of Antiochus Epiphanes, about 16B 
B. c., and rendered it independent for about a 
century. 
maccaronit, and o. An obsolete form of 
macaroni. 
maccawt, n. An old spelling of macaw. 
Macchiavellian, a. and n. See Machiavellian. 
macco (mak'6), n. [< It. macco, massacre, 
slaughter (also bean porridge).] A gambling 
game. 
His uncle was still at the macco table. 
T. Hook, Man of Many Friends. (Davies.) 
maccoboy (mak'o-boi), n. A corruption of mac- 
couba, in common use. 
maccouba, macouba (mak'o-ba), n. [So named 
from Macouba, a place in Martinique where the 
tobacco from which the snuff was originally 
made is grown.] A kind of fine dark-brown 
snuff, usually rose- 
scented. More com- 
monly maccoboy. 
McCulloch Act. See 
act. 
mace 1 (mas), H. [<ME. 
mace, mase, mas, < 
OF. mace, mache (also 
macque,maqite,make), 
F. masse = Pr. massa 
= Sp. masa = Pg. ma- 
ca = It. mazza (ML. 
reflex massa), a club, 
scepter, < LL. matia, 
L. *matea, found only 
in dim. mateola, a 
mallet or beetle. Cf. 
mack 1 .] 1. A wea- 
pon for striking, con- 
sisting of a heavy 
head, commonly of 
metal, with a han- 
dle or staff, usually of 
such length as to be 
conveniently wielded . , 
..v i i i_ 0, mace of the type known as noly- 
Wltn One nanct; by watersprinkler'or'mormng-star'; 
extension, any simi- " mace of the isth century, 
lar weapon. The head is often spiked, and sometimes 
consists of six, eight, or more radiating blades, grouped 
around a central spike, all of steel. 
Arm'd with their greaves, and maces, and broad swords. 
Heyu-ooa, Four Prentices. 
They were divided into large parties, and meeting to- 
gether combatted with clubs or maces, beating each other 
soundly. Strutt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 202. 
2. A scepter; a staff of office having some- 
what the form of the weapon of war denned 
above. Mace are borne before or by officials of various 
ranks in many countries, as a symbol of authority or badge 
of office. The mace on the table of the British House of 
Lords or House of Commons represents the authority of 
the House. 
Proud Tarquinius 
Rooted from Koine the sway of kingly />. 
Marim and Sylla, 1594, cit. St. 
