macaronic
macaronic · macaronics
A work of macaronic characterA work of macaronic character.
US/ˌmækəˈɹɑnɪk/
» I've heard Japanese and Koreans make bilingual puns. It's designated as "macaronic language."
Meaning
3 sensesA work of macaronic character.
A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages.
A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages.
Such a word that mixes Latin morphemes with non-Latin ones.
Examples
1 sentencesI've heard Japanese and Koreans make bilingual puns. It's designated as "macaronic language."
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From New Latin, 1517 coinage, macaronicus, from Italian (Neapolitan dialect) maccarone (“cFrom New Latin, 1517 coinage, macaronicus, from Italian (Neapolitan dialect) maccarone (“coarse dumpling”).
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