MACARONIC


Meaning of MACARONIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈrä-nik ]

adjective

Etymology: New Latin macaronicus, from Italian dialect maccarone macaroni

Date: 1638

1. : characterized by a mixture of vernacular words with Latin words or with non-Latin words having Latin endings

2. : characterized by a mixture of two languages

• macaronic noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.