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Definition of Macaronic

Macaronic
Macaronic Mac`a*ron"ic, n. 1. A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble. 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.
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. 2. Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry.

Meaning of Macaronic from wikipedia

- Macaronic language is any expression using a mixture of languages, particularly bilingual puns or situations in which the languages are otherwise used...
- resolutions, official do****ents and public acts. Many elder people also speak a macaronic language of Italian and Spanish called cocoliche, which was originated...
- Spanglish (a blend of the words "Spanish" and "English") is any language variety (such as a contact dialect, hybrid language, pidgin, or creole language)...
- etymologically derives from at least two languages. Such words are a type of macaronic language. The most common form of hybrid word in English combines Latin...
- to Law French Lorem ipsum, nonsense filler text based on a Cicero work Macaronic language, using a mixture of languages, such as Latin and English Medieval...
- The following is a list of macaronic languages. Alemañol (German/Latin American and Mexican Spanish) Amideutsch (American English/German) (see Denglisch)...
- Padonkaffsky jargon, a slang language developed by padonki of Runet Quelia, a macaronic language with Russian-derived basic structure and part of the lexicon...
- traditional Christmas carol. In its original setting, the carol is a macaronic text of German and Latin dating from the Middle Ages. Subsequent translations...
- overuse of English words by French speakers and later to diglossia or the macaronic mixture of French (français) and English (anglais). The word Franglais...
- Continental affectations with his British nature, like a practitioner of macaronic verse (which mixed English and Latin to comic effect), laying himself...