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macaronicisms

macaronicisms is the plural of macaronicism.

Meaning of macaronicism

Noun

macaronicism (countable and uncountable, plural macaronicisms)

  1. (rhetoric) The use of macaronic language; The mixing of two or more languages in a single work.
    • Before quitting this division of macaronicism, we must not forget the amusing specimen given by Molière in the troisième intermede of Le Malade Imaginaire , where Argan the invalid is to be admitted a doctor .1831, William Sandys, Specimens of Macaronic Poetry, page xv

Questions about macaronicisms

What is macaronicisms the plural of?
Macaronicisms is the plural of macaronicism.

Words near macaronicisms in the dictionary

  1. macaronic
  2. macaronic Latin
  3. macaronical
  4. macaronically
  5. macaronicism
  6. macaronicisms
  7. macaronick
  8. macaronicks
  9. macaronics
  10. macaronies
  11. macaronis

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