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ALL meanings of macaronic

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  • noun macaronic Denoting language, especially burlesque verse, containing words or inflections from one language introduced into the context of another. 1
  • adjective macaronic composed of or characterized by Latin words mixed with vernacular words or non-Latin words given Latin endings. 1
  • adjective macaronic composed of a mixture of languages. 1
  • adjective macaronic mixed; jumbled. 1
  • noun macaronic macaronics, macaronic language. 1
  • noun macaronic a macaronic verse or other piece of writing. 1
  • adjective macaronic (of verse) characterized by a mixture of vernacular words jumbled together with Latin words or Latinized words or with words from one or more other foreign languages 0
  • noun macaronic macaronic verse 0
  • adjective macaronic 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 0
  • noun macaronic (literature) A work of macaronic character. 0
  • noun macaronic (linguistics) A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages, one of which is Latin, or a non-Latin stem with a Latin ending. 0
  • adjective macaronic (archaic) jumbled, mixed. 0
  • adjective macaronic (literature) Written in a hodgepodge mixture of two or more languages. 0
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