Definition of "macaroon"

macaroon¹

/ˌmæk.əɹˈuːn/

noun
plural macaroons
1. A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough.
  Quotations
  I will take charge of the cake department, including, if I remember rightly, plum and plain, rout cakes, and macaroons, finger biscuits, and cracknels.
  1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, page 208
2. Alternative spelling of macaron

macaroon²

noun
plural macaroons
1. (archaic) A coarse, rude, low fellow.
  Quotations
  Like a big wife, at sight of lothed meat, / Ready to travail; so I sigh and sweat, / To hear this macaroon talk on in vain.
  1590s, John Donne, Satire IV, "Well; I may now receive, and die"