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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A work of macaronic character.
2. 2
   A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages.
3. 3
   A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages.; Such a word that mixes Latin morphemes with non-Latin ones.

Adjective

1. 1
   Jumbled, mixed. archaic
2. 2
   Written in a mixed language, one that combines elements from several.
3. 3
   Like a macaroni or dandy; foppish, trifling, affected. dated

Adjective

1. 1
   of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

beauishblendbuckishburlesquecoxcombicaldandiacal

Example

More examples

"I've heard Japanese and Koreans make bilingual puns. It's designated as "macaronic language.""

Etymology

From New Latin, 1517 coinage, macaronicus, from Italian (Neapolitan dialect) maccarone (“coarse dumpling”).

Related phrases

macaronic Latin

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