| ADJECTIVE | pert | macaronic | of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together |
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| Meaning | Of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together. | |
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| Example | "macaronic verse" | |
| Spanish | bastardo, espurio | |
| Nouns | Latin | any dialect of the language of ancient Rome |
| vernacular | the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary / literary language) | |
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