macaronic
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin, 1517 coinage, macaronicus, from Italian (Neapolitan dialect) maccarone (“coarse dumpling”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
macaronic (comparative more macaronic, superlative most macaronic)
- (archaic) Jumbled, mixed.
- (literature) Written in a hodgepodge mixture of two or more languages.
- (dated) Like a macaroni or dandy; foppish, trifling, affected.
Translations edit
written in a mixture of languages
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Noun edit
macaronic (plural macaronics)
- (literature) A work of macaronic character.
- (linguistic morphology) A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages.
- Hyponym: etymological hybrid
- Such a word that mixes Latin morphemes with non-Latin ones.
Translations edit
macaronic work
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word which is mix of Latin and non-Latin
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French macaronique.
Adjective edit
macaronic m or n (feminine singular macaronică, masculine plural macaronici, feminine and neuter plural macaronice)
Declension edit
Declension of macaronic
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | macaronic | macaronică | macaronici | macaronice | ||
definite | macaronicul | macaronica | macaronicii | macaronicele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | macaronic | macaronice | macaronici | macaronice | ||
definite | macaronicului | macaronicei | macaronicilor | macaronicelor |