Associations to the word «Macaronic»
Adverb
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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
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.