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macaronic
mac·a·ron·ic M0002700 (măk′ə-rŏn′ĭk)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.
[French macaronique, or Latin macaronicus, after Macaronea, , title of a poem by Tifi Odasi (c.1450-1492), 15th-century Italian author, that contained such verse and satirized those who used poor Latin and affectedly Latinized Italian, from Italian maccherone, macaroni (considered food for peasants); see macaroni.]
mac′a·ron′ic 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 languagesn (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (often plural) macaronic verse[C17: from New Latin macarōnicus, literally: resembling macaroni (in lack of sophistication); see macaroni] ˌmacaˈronically advmac•a•ron•ic (ˌmæk əˈrɒn ɪk)
adj. 1. characterized by Latin words mixed with non-Latin words often given Latin endings. 2. composed of a mixture of languages. n. 3. macaronics, macaronic language or writing. [1605–15; < New Latin macarōnicus or obsolete Italian maccaronico; see macaroni, -ic] mac`a•ron′i•cal•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  macaronic - of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together; "macaronic verse" |
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