Macaronicism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The use of macaronic language; The mixing of two or more languages in a single work. countable, uncountable

    "Before quitting this division of macaronicism, we must not forget the amusing specimen given by Molière in the troisième intermede of Le Malade Imaginaire , where Argan the invalid is to be admitted a doctor ."

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"Before quitting this division of macaronicism, we must not forget the amusing specimen given by Molière in the troisième intermede of Le Malade Imaginaire , where Argan the invalid is to be admitted a doctor ."

Etymology

From macaronic + -ism.

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