单词 | argot |
释义 | † argotn.1 Obsolete. a. The spur of a cock; the similarly situated excrescence on the feet of other animals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > growth on foot argotc1400 heel spur1871 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > parts of > spur argotc1400 spur1548 cockspur?1561 c1400 MS. Maystre of Game (Halliw.) More gret argos then hath an hynde. 1708 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 26 79 Plectronites, the Argot, or Cockspur Ichthyodont. b. A spur left in pruning a tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > spur or stump of branch or bud stubc1405 snag1577 brunt1623 skeg1625 stud1657 argot1693 spur1704 stump1707 wood-bud1763 nog1802 branch-bud1882 knee1889 knee-process1889 dard1925 the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > spur left in pruning snag1577 argot1693 fruit-spur1823 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner ii. iv. xxix. 38 Argot..the Old Extremity of a Branch which has been formerly shorten'd at some distance from the Eye. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). argotn.2 The jargon, slang, or peculiar phraseology of a class, originally that of thieves and rogues. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon language1502 term of art1570 fustiana1593 jargoning1623 jargon1651 speciality1657 lingo1659 cant1684 linguaa1734 patois1790 slang1801 shibboleth1829 glim-glibber1844 argot1860 gammy1864 patter1875 stagese1876 vernacular1876 palaver1909 babble1930 buzzword1946 in word1964 rabbit1976 1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. vi. 134 Leaves an uninviting argot in the place of warm and glowing speech. 1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech ii. 105 The argots of nearly every nation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1c1400n.21860 |
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