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argotic

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ar⋅got

  [ahr-goh, -guht]
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–noun
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.
Origin:
1855–60; < F, n. deriv. of argoter to quarrel, deriv. L ergō ergo with v. suffix -oter

Related forms:
ar⋅got⋅ic  [ahr-got-ik] , adjective
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Word Origin & History

argot 
1860, from Fr. argot (17c.) "the jargon of Paris rogues and thieves," earlier "the company of beggars," from M.Fr., "group of beggars," origin unknown. The Eng. equivalent is cant. The Ger. equivalent is Rotwelsch, lit. "Red Welsh," but the first element may be connected with M.H.G. rot "beggar."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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