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macaronics

/mak-uh-ron-ik/US // ˌmæk əˈrɒn ɪk //UK // (ˌmækəˈrɒnɪk) //

马卡龙学,马卡龙学派,马卡龙,大理石

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : composed of or characterized by Latin words mixed with vernacular words or non-Latin words given Latin endings.
    • : composed of a mixture of languages.
    • : mixed; jumbled: His bureau drawer was a macaronic hodgepodge of unmatched socks.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : macaronics, macaronic language.
    • : a macaronic verse or other piece of writing.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Folengo in Italy and Arena in France are considered as the macaronic classics.

  • Some of the triplets appear to me very poor, and hardly above macaronic Latin.

  • Freakish books, like macaronic poetry, written in a medley of languages, are curious.

  • Four Italian writers in macaronic verse are known to have lived before the year 1500.

  • Such was the man who has justly earned the reputation of being the first of macaronic poets.