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macaronic in American English
involving or characterized by a mixture of languages; esp., designating or of burlesque verse in which real or coined words from two or more languages are mixed, or words of a modern language are given Latin case endings and mixed with Latin words
macaronic verse
adjective: composed of or characterized by Latin words mixed with vernacular words or non-Latin words given Latin endings
noun

macaronic in British English
adjective: (of verse) characterized by a mixture of vernacular words jumbled together with Latin words or Latinized words or with words from one or more other foreign languages
noun: macaronic verse

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