'Jargon' definitions:
Definition of 'jargon'
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noun
A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular]
noun
A colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon [syn: jargoon, jargon]
noun
Specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
Definition of 'Jargon'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Jargon'
From: GCIDE
- Jargon \Jar"gon\, n. [F. jargon, OF. also gargon, perh. akin to E. garrulous, or gargle.]
- 1. Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish. "A barbarous jargon." --Macaulay. "All jargon of the schools." --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang. Especially, an idiom with frequent use of informal technical terms, such as acronyms, used by specialists. "All jargon of the schools." --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- The jargon which serves the traffickers. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Jargon'
From: GCIDE
- Jargon \Jar"gon\ (j[aum]r"g[o^]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jargoned (-g[o^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Jargoning.] To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner. [1913 Webster]
- The noisy jay, Jargoning like a foreigner at his food. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'jargon'
From: GCIDE
- Zircon \Zir"con\, n. [F., the same word as jargon. See Jargon a variety of zircon.]
- 1. (Min.) A mineral consisting predominantly of zirconium silicate (Zr2SiO4) occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. an imitation gemstone made of cubic zirconia. [PJC]
- Zircon syenite, a coarse-grained syenite containing zircon crystals and often also elaeolite. It is largely developed in Southern Norway. [1913 Webster]