单词 | patois |
释义 | pat·ois ![]() n. pl. pat·ois (pătwäz′, pă-twä) 1. a. A regional dialect, especially one without a literary tradition. b. Nonstandard speech. 2. The special jargon of a group; cant. [French, from Old French, incomprehensible or crude speech, local dialect, from patoier, to gesticulate (like one unable to speak), speak crudely, from pate, paw, from Vulgar Latin *patta, probably originally imitative of the sound of one object striking another, such as the footfall of an animal.] |
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