Măc'a-rō'nĭ-an or Măc'a-rōn'ĭe, a.

a. [It. maccheronico, Sp. macar-ronico, Fr. macaronique, a.]

1. Pertaining to, or like, a macaroni; empty; trifling; vain; affected.
2. Consisting in the addition of Latin terminations to the vernacular roots of some one modern language, combined with the additional use of genuine Latin and vernacular words. See MACARONIC, n.