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mac•a•ron•ic



Pronunciation: (mak"u-ron'ik), [key]
—adj.
1. composed of or characterized by Latin words mixed with vernacular words or non-Latin words given Latin endings.
2. composed of a mixture of languages.
3. mixed; jumbled.

—n.
1. macaronics, macaronic language.
2. a macaronic verse or other piece of writing.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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