macaronic
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mac·a·ron·ic 
[mak-uh-ron-ik] Pronunciation Key
[mak-uh-ron-ik] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
| 1. | composed of or characterized by Latin words mixed with vernacular words or non-Latin words given Latin endings. |
| 2. | composed of a mixture of languages. |
| 3. | mixed; jumbled. |
| 4. | macaronics, macaronic language. |
| 5. | a macaronic verse or other piece of writing. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| mac·a·ron·ic
(māk'ə-rŏn'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[New Latin macaronicus, from Italian maccheronea, macaronic verse, after Maccharonea, title of a work containing such verse by Tifi Odasi, 15th-century Italian author, from maccherone, maccaroni, course food.] mac'a·ron'ic n. |
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macaronic
macaronic
1611, form of verse consisting of vernacular words in a Latin context with Latin endings; applied loosely to verse in which two or more languages are jumbled together; from Mod.L. macaronicus (coined 1517 by Teofilo Folengo), from It. dial. maccarone (see macaroni), in allusion to the mixture of words in the verse: "quoddam pulmentum farina, caseo, botiro compaginatum, grossum, rude, et rusticanum" [Folengo].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| macaronic | |
adjective | |
| of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together; "macaronic verse" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Macaronic
Mac`a*ron"ic\, n. 1. A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble. 2. A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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