English Explanatory Dictionary

macaronic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Jumbled, mixed.
  2. Written in a mixed language, one that combines elements from several.
  3. 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. Such a word that mixes Latin morphemes with non-Latin ones.

Pronunciation

/ˌmækəˈɹɑnɪk/ en-us-macaronic.ogg

Word forms

macaronic more macaronic most macaronic maccaronic macaronick macaronics

Etymology

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

Synonyms

buckish dandyish beauish coxcombical dandiacal dandified dandy dandyistic dudish foppish foppy Jemmy-Jessamy lily-handed macaronic swellish Woosterian hybrid etymological hybrid

Derived words

macaronically macaronicism macaronic Latin
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