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macaronic

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  1. 1. a. Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots. Source: opted
  5. 5. adj. of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 1. Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled. 2. Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry. 1. A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble. 2. A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots. Source: webster
  7. 7. a. of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together Source: ecdict

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