macaronic
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macaronic
- /ˌmækəˈɹɑnɪk/ US
Where it comes from
From New Latin, 1517 coinage, macaronicus, from Italian (Neapolitan dialect) maccarone (“coarse dumpling”).
adjective more macaronic · most macaronic · maccaronic · macaronick
- Jumbled, mixed.
- Written in a mixed language, one that combines elements from several.
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Like a macaroni or dandy; foppish, trifling, affected.
Similar: buckish, dandyish, beauish, coxcombical, dandiacal, dandified, dandy, dandyistic, dudish, foppish, foppy, Jemmy-Jessamy
noun macaronics · maccaronic · macaronick
- A work of macaronic character.
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A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages.
Similar: hybrid, etymological hybrid
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Such a word that mixes Latin morphemes with non-Latin ones.
Similar: hybrid, etymological hybrid
Translations
Every language
adj jumbled
| Español | bastardo, espurio |
|---|---|
| Français | bâtard |
| Italiano | imbastardito |
adj written in a mixture of languages
| Español | macarrónico |
|---|---|
| Português | macarrónico, macarrônico |
| Français | macaronique |
| Italiano | maccheronico |
| Русский | макарони́ческий makaroníčeskij |
| العربية | مُلَمَّع mulammaʕ |
noun macaronic work
| Español | galimatías, algarabía, guirigay |
|---|---|
| Français | galimatias, charabia, amphigouri |
| Italiano | maccheronata |
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title = {macaronic},
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