macaronic

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌmækəˈrɒnɪk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mak′ə ron′ik)


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mac•a•ron•ic  (mak′ə ron′ik),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Linguisticscomposed of or characterized by Latin words mixed with vernacular words or non-Latin words given Latin endings.
  2. Linguisticscomposed of a mixture of languages.
  3. mixed;
    jumbled.

n. 
  1. Linguisticsmacaronics, macaronic language.
  2. a macaronic verse or other piece of writing.
  • dialect, dialectal Italian maccarone macaroni + Latin -icus -ic
  • Medieval Latin macarōnicus
  • 1605–15
mac′a•ron′i•cal•ly, adv. 


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