Definition of Argot. Meaning of Argot. Synonyms of Argot

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Definition of Argot

Argot
Argot Ar`got", n. [F. Of unknown origin.] A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash.

Meaning of Argot from wikipedia

- or mislead people outside the group. It may also be called a cryptolect, argot, pseudo-language, anti-language or secret language. Each term differs slightly...
- Germanía (Spanish: [xeɾ.maˈni.a]) is the Spanish term for the argot used by criminals or in jails in Spain during 16th and 17th centuries. Its purpose...
- Thieves' cant (also known as thieves' argot, rogues' cant, or peddler's French) is a cant, cryptolect, or argot which was formerly used by thieves, beggars...
- Pig Latin (Igpay Atinlay) is a language game, argot, or cant in which words in English are altered, usually by adding a fabricated suffix or by moving...
- argot spoken by **** communities in Indonesia ****le language, an Afrikaans-based argot spoken by **** communities in South Africa IsiNgqumo, an argot based...
- Gavroche to introduce the concept of argot to the reader. Hugo devotes a lengthy chapter to importance of argot to the evolution of language in order...
- CB slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot, or cant which developed among users of Citizens Band radio (CB), especially truck drivers in the United...
- The Fresnel–Arago laws are three laws which summarise some of the more important properties of interference between light of different states of polarization...
- reattached to the end of the word along with a suffix particular to the argot: -ji [ʒi], -oc [ɔk], -ic [ik], -uche [yʃ], -ès [ɛs], or in the case of louchébem...
- known as cryptolect, the jargon or argot of a group, often emplo**** to exclude or mislead people outside the group Argot, strictly a proper language with...