macaroni an, maccaroni an

& s. [Eng. macaroni; -an.] A. As adj.: The same as MACARONI (q. v.). B. As subst.: Macaronic verse. "The macaroni an is a kind of burlesque poetry, con. sisting of a jumble of words of different languages, with words of the vulgar tongue latinized, and latin words modernized."- Cambridge : Scribleriad , bk. ii. (Note 16.) măc-a-ron-Ic, mắc-ca-ron-ic, măc-a-ron'ick, a. & s. [French macaroni que , from macaroni (q. v.).] A. As adjective : Maccabees B. As substantive: 1. A confused heap, medley, or jumble of several things. 2. Macaronic verse. Macaronic verse or poetry : A term first employed by Theophilo Folengo (otherwise Merlin us Coccaius), in 1509, to designate a kind of humorous or ludicrous verses, in which words of other languages, with Latin terminations or inflections, are mixed up with Latin words. Verses in which foreign words are ludicrously distorted and jumbled together. Below we give a sample: "Felis sed it by a hole, Intente there, cum omni soul, Predare rats, Et mice currerunt trans the floor Unus, duo, tres, a score or more Oblite cats." Of which the following translation has been offered: "A pu y cat sat by a hole Intent there with all of her soul, To catch and destroy the rats And the mice that ran over the floor One, two, three, a score say or more Entirely forgetful of cats."