Macaronic

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ËŒmækəˈɹɑnɪk/

Alternative forms

• macaronick obsolete

Origin

From New Latin, 1517 coinage, macaronicus, from Italian Neapolitan dialect maccarone ("coarse dumpling").

Full definition of macaronic

Adjective

1. (archaic) jumbled, mixed
2. (literature) Written in a hodgepodge mixture of two or more languages.

Noun

1. (literature) A work of macaronic character.
2. (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.

Anagrams

• carcinoma