/ˈɑːɡəʊ/, /ˈɑɹɡoʊ/, /ˈɑɹɡət/
OriginBorrowed from French argot, of unknown origin.
- A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
“Sadie had, in the argot of the day, a really good built.”
- The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers.
“The conversation was in the argot of the trade, full of acronyms and abbreviations that made no sense to the uninitiate.”
- A strongly marked style of speaking.
“Merle spoke in the thin nasal argot of this city's slums: "This the fus toim yez been lobbed, oy, kiddow?"”
- An inhabitant or resident of Argos.
Formsargots(plural) · Argots(plural)