Associations to the word «Macaronic»

Wiktionary

MACARONIC, adjective. (archaic) jumbled, mixed
MACARONIC, adjective. (literature) Written in a hodgepodge mixture of two or more languages.
MACARONIC, noun. (literature) A work of macaronic character.
MACARONIC, noun. (morphology) 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.

Dictionary definition

MACARONIC, adjective. Of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together; "macaronic verse".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn