| 单词 | macaronic |
| 释义 | macaronic (once / 129883 pages) adj Something that's macaronic uses elements, like inflections or specific words, from another language. If you insert Latin words and phrases into your everyday speech, you can call it macaronic. The adjective macaronic most often describes a satirical writing style that adds Latin endings to everyday language, or uses puns made from a combination of two languages. The word's root is the dialectal Italian maccarone, "pasty food," or "dumpling," thought of as "peasant food," reflecting its sometimes derogatory intent. Macaronic writing is often funny, showing up in humorous poems, novels, and films. In speech, this style is sometimes called "code-switching." WORD FAMILYmacaronic USAGE EXAMPLESIts macaronic style is rendered peculiarly perplexing to the foreigner by the frequent introduction of words and phrases from the Mantuan patois. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2011) He himself observed due measure in it; but in the hands of his successors it degraded French to an almost Macaronic jargon. Saintsbury, George, A Short History of French Literatur...(2010) Compared with the barbarous macaronic jargon of the contemporary official language it shines forth as a masterpiece of pure, pithy and original Danish. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2010) adj of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together macaronic verse |
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