2. 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
macaronic — MACARÓNIC, Ă, macaronici, ce, adj. (Despre versuri, poezii, stil etc.) Care parodiază şi satirizează pedantismul moravurilor cavalereşti, amestecând cuvintele şi formele limbii naţionale cu cuvinte latineşti, latinizante sau cu alte cuvinte… … Dicționar Român
macaronic — [mak΄ərän′ik] adj. [Fr macaronique < It maccaronico < maccaroni, lit., macaroni: see MACARONI] involving or characterized by a mixture of languages; esp., designating or of burlesque verse in which real or coined words from two or more… … English World dictionary
macaronic — (adj.) 1610s, in reference to a form of verse consisting of vernacular words in a Latin context with Latin endings; applied loosely to verse in which two or more languages are jumbled together; from Mod.L. macaronicus (coined 1517 by Teofilo… … Etymology dictionary
macaronic — macaronically, adv. /mak euh ron ik/, adj. 1. composed of or characterized by Latin words mixed with vernacular words or non Latin words given Latin endings. 2. composed of a mixture of languages. 3. mixed; jumbled. n. 4. macaronics, macaronic… … Universalium
Macaronic — Macaronian Mac a*ro ni*an, Macaronic Mac a*ron ic, a. [Cf. It. maccheronico, F. macaronique.] 1. Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
macaronic — adjective Etymology: New Latin macaronicus, from Italian dialect maccarone macaroni Date: 1638 1. characterized by a mixture of vernacular words with Latin words or with non Latin words having Latin endings 2. characterized by a mixture of two… … New Collegiate Dictionary
macaronic — 1. adjective /ˌmækəˈɹɑnɪk/ a) jumbled, mixed b) Written in a hodgepodge mixture of two or more languages. 2. noun /ˌmækəˈɹɑnɪk/ a) A work of macaronic character … Wiktionary
macaronic — [ˌmakə rɒnɪk] adjective denoting language, especially burlesque verse, containing words or inflections from one language introduced into the context of another. noun (macaronics) macaronic verse. Origin C17 (in sense characteristic of a jumble ) … English new terms dictionary
macaronic — mac•a•ron•ic [[t]ˌmæk əˈrɒn ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) ling. characterized by Latin words mixed with non Latin words often given Latin endings 2) ling. composed of a mixture of languages 3) ling. macaronics, macaronic language or writing • Etymology:… … From formal English to slang
macaronic — /mækəˈrɒnɪk/ (say makuh ronik) adjective Also, macaronical. 1. characterised by a mixture of Latin words with words from another language, or with non Latin words provided with Latin terminations, as a kind of burlesque verse. 2. involving a… …
