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Definitions of macaronic in various dictionaries:
adj - of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together
Of or containing a mixture of vernacular words with Latin words or with vernacular words given Latinate endings: macaronic verse.
Of or involving a mixture of two or more languages.
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Like some humorous verse dandy originally created |
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Aug 23 2018 The Times - Cryptic |
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of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together |
Of or containing a mixture of vernacular words with Latin words or with vernacular words given Latinate endings: macaronic verse. |
Of or involving a mixture of two or more languages. |
Denoting language, especially burlesque verse, containing words or inflections from one language introduced into the context of another. |
Macaronic verse, especially that which mixes the vernacular with Latin. |
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Macaronic refers to text using a mixture of languages, particularly bilingual puns or situations in which the languages are otherwise used in the same context (rather than simply discrete segments of a text being in different languages). The term can also denote hybrid words, which are effectively "internally macaronic". A rough equivalent in spoken language is code-switching, a term in linguistics referring to using more than one language or dialect within the same conversation.Macaronic Latin in particular is a jumbled jargon made up of vernacular words given Latin endings, or for Latin words mixed with the vernacular in a pastiche (compare dog Latin). * The word macaronic comes from the New Latin macaronicus which is from the Italian maccarone ("dumpling", regarded as coarse peasant fare). The term can have derogatory overtones, and is usually reserved for works where the mixing of languages has a humorous or satirical intent or effect. It is a matter of debate whether the term can |