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macaronic

mac·a·ron·ic [ ˌma-kə-ˈrä-nik]

macaronic

adjective

Definition of macaronic

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 languages

Other Words from macaronic

macaronic noun

First Known Use of macaronic

1638, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for macaronic

New Latin macaronicus, from Italian dialect maccarone macaroni

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