(of verse) characterized by a mixture of vernacular words jumbled together with Latin words or Latinized words or with words from one or more other foreign languages
noun
2. (often plural)
macaronic verse
Derived forms
macaronically (ˌmacaˈronically)
adverb
Word origin
C17: from New Latin macarōnicus, literally: resembling macaroni (in lack of sophistication); see macaroni
macaronic in American English
(ˌmækəˈrɑnɪk)
adjective
1.
involving or characterized by a mixture of languages; esp., designating or of burlesque verse in which real or coined words from two or more languages are mixed, or words of a modern language are given Latin case endings and mixed with Latin words
noun
2.
macaronic verse
usually used in pl.
Word origin
Fr macaronique < It maccaronico < maccaroni, lit., macaroni: see macaroni