mac·a·ron·ic (m k  -r n  k)adj. 1. Of or containing a mixture of vernacular words with Latin words or with vernacular words given Latinate endings: macaronic verse. 2. Of or involving a mixture of two or more languages. [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·ronic n. |
macaronic [ˌmækəˈrɒnɪk]
adj
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (of verse) characterized by a mixture of vernacular words jumbled together with Latin words or Latinized words or with words from one or more other foreign languages
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (often plural) macaronic verse
[from New Latin macarōnicus, literally: resembling macaroni (in lack of sophistication); see macaroni]
macaronically adv
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| Adj. | 1. |  macaronic - of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together; "macaronic verse" |
Translations
macaronic
adj → makkaronisch
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