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.

Etymology: mod.L macaronicus f. obs. It. macaronico, joc. formed as MACARONI

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.