macaronic

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Jumbled, mixed.
2. adjective Written in a mixed language, one that combines elements from several.
3. adjective Like a macaroni or dandy; foppish, trifling, affected.
4. noun A work of macaronic character.
5. noun A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages.
6. noun Such a word that mixes Latin morphemes with non-Latin ones.

Similar words

macaronick maccaronic mixd mixy mosaical mixty-maxty macotious mosaiced musive macled

Often followed by

verse latin poetry poem verses language sermons style writing

Word family

macaronics