Macaroni A coxcomb (Italian, un macceherone). The word is derived from the Macaroni Club, instituted
by a set of flashy men who had travelled in Italy, and introduced Italian maccheroni at Almack's
subscription table. The Macaronies were the most exquisite fops that ever disgraced the name of man;
vicious, insolent, fond of gambling, drinking, and duelling, they were (about 1773) the curse of Vauxhall
Gardens.