Macaronic

[,mækә'rɒnik]

Definition

(adj.) of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together; 'macaronic verse' .

Edited by Ervin--From WordNet

Definition

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

(a.) Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry.

(n.) A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble.

(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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