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The meaning of the word "Macaronic" in English


Macaronic a. : Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.

Macaronic a. : Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry.

Macaronic n. : A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble.

Macaronic n. : 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.

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macaronic, Latin, Macaronic language, language, English, macaronic verse, Italian, mixture, Macaronic Latin, free encyclopedia, poems, English-Latin, songs, rhymes, different languages, lyrics, poetry, Italian dialect.

Defination from the web:
Macaronic refers to text spoken or written using a mixture of languages, sometimes including bilingual puns, particularly when the languages are ... The term is occasionally used of hybrid words, which are in effect internally macaronic. ... 

synonyms
  (adjective) Italic
related terms
  (adjective) Italic language
  (adjective) non-standard speech


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