macaronic

Meaning

Adj

1. (archaic) Jumbled, mixed.
2. Written in a hodgepodge mixture of two or more languages.
3. (dated) Like a macaroni or dandy; foppish, trifling, affected.

Noun

1. A work of macaronic character.
2. A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages.
3. A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages.

Translations

macarrónico

maccheronico

macaronique

bâtard

makkaronisch

μακαρονοειδής

amphigouri

charabia

galimatias

macarrònic

macaronico

macaronisch

macarrônico

macarrónico

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌmækəˈɹɑnɪk/

Etymology

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