MACARONIC


Meaning of MACARONIC in English

n. & adj.

n. (in pl.) burlesque verses containing Latin (or other foreign) words and vernacular words with Latin etc. terminations.

adj. (of verse) of this kind.

[ mod.L macaronicus f. obs. It. macaronico, joc. formed as MACARONI ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.