ARGOT


Meaning of ARGOT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈär-gət, -(ˌ)gō ]

noun

Etymology: French

Date: 1842

: 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.