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Webster 1913 Edition
Jargon
Jar′gon
,Noun.
[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.
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.
The
jargon
which serves the traffickers. Johnson.
Jar′gon
(jär′gŏn)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Jargoned
(-gŏnd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jargoning
.] To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner.
The noisy jay,
Jargoning
like a foreigner at his food. Longfellow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Jargon
J`ARGON
, n.1.
Confused, unintelligible talk or language; gabble; gibberish; cant. All jargon of the schools.
2.
A mineral, usually of a gray or greenish white color, in small irregular grains, or crystallized in quadrangular prisms surmounted with pyramids, or in octahedrons consisting of double quadrangular prisms. [See Zircon.]