MACARONIC
\mˌakɐɹˈɒnɪk], \mˌakɐɹˈɒnɪk], \m_ˌa_k_ɐ_ɹ_ˈɒ_n_ɪ_k]\
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Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.
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A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots.
By Oddity Software
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Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.
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A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots.
By Noah Webster.
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Pertaining to or like a macaroni, medley, or fool: trifling: affected: consisting of modern words Latinized, or Latin words modernized, intermixed with genuine Latin words.
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A jumble: a macaronic composition.
By Daniel Lyons
