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Macaronic vs Soraismus - What's the difference?

macaronic | soraismus |

Macaronic is a see also of soraismus.


As nouns the difference between macaronic and soraismus

is that macaronic is (literature) a work of macaronic character while soraismus is (rhetoric) the awkward or humorous use of different languages mixed together, often using a foreign term incorrectly or in an inappropriate situation.

As an adjective macaronic

is (archaic) jumbled, mixed.

macaronic

English

(Macaronic language)

Alternative forms

* macaronick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (archaic) jumbled, mixed
  • (literature) Written in a hodgepodge mixture of two or more languages.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (literature) A work of macaronic character.
  • (morphology) A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages, one of which is Latin, or a non-Latin stem with a Latin ending.

    • Anagrams

    *

    soraismus

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rhetoric) The awkward or humorous use of different languages mixed together, often using a foreign term incorrectly or in an inappropriate situation.

    • See also

    * macaronic

    References

    * Shakespeare's Use of the Arts of Language By Sister Miriam Joseph, Paul Dry Books: 2005, p. 65 [http://books.google.com/books?id=r1LHIgg5ox0C&pg=PA65&dq=Soraismus&ei=MgFNR6mxKIjssQPum6HmBg&sig=BDa3VYY583rDpt2NrvGUoxRqKCs] * soraismus'', by ''Silva Rhetoricae. Gideon O. Burton, Brigham Young University.