macaronic
IPA: mækɝˈɑnɪk
noun
- (literature) A work of macaronic character.
- (linguistic morphology) A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages.
- Such a word that mixes Latin morphemes with non-Latin ones.
adjective
- (archaic) Jumbled, mixed.
- (literature) Written in a hodgepodge mixture of two or more languages.
- (dated) Like a macaroni or dandy; foppish, trifling, affected.
Examples of "macaronic" in Sentences
- Macaronic language is a literary device, not a language.
- Many are macaronic, a mixture of Latin and German or French vernacular.
- How is a patois compared or contrasted to the concept of a macaronic language
- Now we're getting macaronic articles in a combination of English and Dog Latin.