macaronic
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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
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 |
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