The story
- French · derived frommarotique
- English todayMarotic
From French marotique, from Marot, the name of French poet Clément Marot (1496-1544).
First known use, by meaning
- from 18th c. Pertaining to French poet Clément Marot, or characteristic of his light, graceful style.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.