macaronic
macaronic
Definition
maca·ronic (-rän′ik)
adjective
involving or characterized by a mixture of languages; esp., designating or of burlesque verse in which real or coined words from two or more languages are mixed, or words of a modern language are given Latin case endings and mixed with Latin words
Etymology: Fr macaronique < It maccaronico < maccaroni, lit., macaroni: see macaroni
noun
macaronic verse: usually used in pl.
macaronic
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- text: It is a setting of a macaronic text from a medieval source translated by Brian Stone.
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