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Macaroni, n.
- 1. Italian paste, Genoese paste.
- 2. Medley, extravaganza.
- 3. Droll, fool, jester, merry-andrew, scaramouch.
- 4. Beau, exquisite, fop, popinjay, dandy, cox-comb, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, man milliner, man of dress,
vain fellow.
Macaronic, a. Empty, trifling, vain, affected.
Macaronic verse. Doggerel.
Mace, n.
- 1. Metal club.
- 2. Truncheon, staff, bâton.
Macerate, v. a.
- 1. Make lean, wear away.
- 2. Harass, mortify, subject to hardships, torture.
- 3. Soften (by steeping). steep, soak, digest.
Maceration, n.
- 1. Mortification.
- 2. Softening, steeping, soaking.
Machiavelian, a. Artful, designing, insidious, sly, shrewd, astute, subtle, diplomatic, arch, intriguing, cunning, crafty, wily, crooked, tricky, deceitful.
Machiavelianism, Machiavelism, n. Duplicity, chicane, guile, chicanery, trickery, cunning, circumvention, deceit, deception, artifice, dissimulation, double-dealing, hocus-pocus, shifting, quibbling, stratagem, roguery, craft, subtlety, insidiousness.
Machinate, v. a. Plan, contrive, form, plot, scheme, devise.