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macaronic
[ mak-uh-ron-ik ]
adjective
- composed of or characterized by Latin words mixed with vernacular words or non-Latin words given Latin endings.
- composed of a mixture of languages.
- mixed; jumbled:
His bureau drawer was a macaronic hodgepodge of unmatched socks.
noun
- macaronics, macaronic language.
- a macaronic verse or other piece of writing.
macaronic
/ ˌmækəˈrɒnɪk /
adjective
- (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
noun
- often plural macaronic verse
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Derived Forms
- ˌmacaˈronically, adverb
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Other Words From
- maca·roni·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of macaronic1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of macaronic1
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Example Sentences
Folengo in Italy and Arena in France are considered as the macaronic classics.
Some of the triplets appear to me very poor, and hardly above macaronic Latin.
Freakish books, like macaronic poetry, written in a medley of languages, are curious.
Four Italian writers in macaronic verse are known to have lived before the year 1500.
Such was the man who has justly earned the reputation of being the first of macaronic poets.
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