macaroon
(noun) chewy cookie usually containing almond paste
Source: WordNet® 3.1
macaroon (plural macaroons)
A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough.
Alternative spelling of macaron
macaroon (plural macaroons)
(archaic) A coarse, rude, low fellow.
Source: Wiktionary
Mac`a*roon", n. [F. macaron, It. maccherone. See Macaroni.]
1. A small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs, almonds, and sugar.
2. A finical fellow, or macaroni. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
