patois
pa·tois
noun \ˈpa-ˌtwä, ˈpä-\ plural pa·tois \-ˌtwäz\
Definition of PATOIS
1
a : a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect b : uneducated or provincial speech
2
: the characteristic special language of an occupational or social group : jargon
Examples of PATOIS
- <the medical patois that the hospital staffers used among themselves was incomprehensible to me>
Origin of PATOIS
French
First Known Use: 1643
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Rhymes with PATOIS
aba, Accra, aha, Allah, amah, Armagh, Artois, ayah, Bekaa, bourgeois, brava, chamois, Chechnya, Chita, chutzpah, compas, Degas, dolma, Dubois, Dunois, éclat, fa la, faux pas, fellah, Fermat, feta, foie gras, gaga, galah, Galois, goombah, grandma, grandpa, ha-ha, halvah, Hama, hoo-ha, hoopla, Hsia, hurrah, huzzah, Konya, Makah, Marat, markka, Maurois, mirepoix, mudra, Oita, oompah, opah, Oujda, quinoa, paisa, pasha, pooh-bah, prutah, pya, Sanaa, sangfroid, selah, Seurat, Shema, Shoah, sol-fa, supra, Syrah, ta-ta, tola, Tonghua, Ufa, Utah, Vaudois, viva, voilà, wah-wah, whoopla
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