jargon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jargon	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jargon n a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" Synonym(s): slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon Synonym(s): jargoon, jargon specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jargon \Jar"gon\, n. [F. jargon, OF. also gargon, perh. akin to E. garrulous, or gargle.] Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang. [bd]A barbarous jargon.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd]All jargon of the schools.[b8] --Prior. The jargon which serves the traffickers. --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jargon \Jar"gon\ (j[aum]r"g[ocr]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jargoned} (-g[ocr]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. The noisy jay, Jargoning like a foreigner at his food. --Longfellow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jargon \Jar"gon\, n. [E. jargon, It. jiargone; perh. fr. Pers. zarg[?]n gold-colored, fr. zar gold. Cf. {Zircon}.] (Min.) A variety of zircon. See {Zircon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zircon \Zir"con\, n. [F., the same word as jargon. See {Jargon} a variety of zircon.] (Min.) A mineral 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}.