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Macaronian

Mac`a*ro"ni*an\, Macaronic \Mac`a*ron"ic\, a. [Cf. It. maccheronico, F. macaronique.]

1. Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.

2. Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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