What is the meaning of Macaronic?

  • (n.) A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble.
  • (a.) Pertaining to or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry.
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APAWebster's. (2011). macaronic. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/macaronic/definitions/2029487
ChicagoWebster's. 2011. "macaronic" http://smartdefine.org/macaronic/definitions/2029487 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWebster's 2011, macaronic, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/macaronic/definitions/2029487>.
MLAWebster's. "macaronic" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/macaronic/definitions/2029487>
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