jargon
Meanings
Plural: jargons
Noun
- a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
- a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon
- specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
- A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
- A language characteristic of a particular group.
- Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
- Alternative form of jargoon (“A variety of zircon”).
Verb
- To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English jargoun, jargon, from Old French jargon, a variant of gargon, gargun (“chatter; talk; language”).
Synonyms
argot, cant, intalk, jargon, jargoon, language, lingo, parlance, patois, phraseology, slang, sublanguage, terminology, vernacular
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
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