— argotic /ahr got"ik/ , adj.
/ahr"goh, -geuht/ , n.
1. a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, esp. that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification: a Restoration play rich in thieves' argot.
2. the special vocabulary and idiom of a particular profession or social group: sociologists' argot.
[ 1855-60; argoter to quarrel, deriv. L ergo ERGO with v. suffix -oter ]