argot
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noun \ˈär-gət, -(ˌ)gō\Definition of ARGOT
: an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group <shoved into a taxi by a porter whose argot I couldn't understand — Allen Tate>
See Examples of ARGOT
- groups communicating in their own secret argots
- <used the argot of figure skaters>
Origin of ARGOT
French
First Known Use: 1842
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