adj
Meaning 1
Jumbled, mixed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
macaronic
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Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Written in a mixed language, one that combines elements from several.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, literature, media, publishing, sciences
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adj
Meaning 3
Like a macaroni or dandy; foppish, trifling, affected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: buckish, dandyish, beauish, coxcombical, dandiacal, dandified, dandy, dandyistic, dudish, foppish, foppy, Jemmy-Jessamy, lily-handed, macaronic, swellish, Woosterian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A work of macaronic character.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing
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noun
Meaning 5
A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistic-morphology, linguistics, morphology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hybrid, etymological hybrid
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages.
Such a word that mixes Latin morphemes with non-Latin ones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistic-morphology, linguistics, morphology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hybrid, etymological hybrid
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 7
of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- macaronic verse
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From New Latin, 1517 coinage, macaronicus, from Italian (Neapolitan dialect) maccarone (“coarse dumpling”).
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: bâtard — jumbled
- Italian: imbastardito — jumbled
- Polish: pomieszany — jumbled
- Polish: poplątany — jumbled
- Spanish: bastardo — jumbled
- Spanish: espurio — jumbled
- Arabic: مُلَمَّع (mulammaʕ) — written in a mixture of languages
- Esperanto: multlingva — written in a mixture of languages
- French: macaronique — written in a mixture of languages
- Italian: maccheronico — written in a mixture of languages
- Polish: makaroniczny — written in a mixture of languages
- Portuguese: macarrónico — written in a mixture of languages
- Portuguese: macarrônico — written in a mixture of languages
- Russian: макарони́ческий (makaroníčeskij) — written in a mixture of languages
- Spanish: macarrónico — written in a mixture of languages
- French: galimatias — macaronic work
- French: charabia — macaronic work
- French: amphigouri — macaronic work
- Italian: maccheronata — macaronic work
- Polish: galimatias — macaronic work
- Spanish: galimatías — macaronic work
- Spanish: algarabía — macaronic work
- Spanish: guirigay — macaronic work
- Polish: makaronizm — word which is mix of Latin and non-Latin