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  1. noun Nonsensical, incoherent, or meaningless talk.
  2. noun A hybrid language or dialect; a pidgin.
  3. noun The specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group. See Synonyms at dialect.
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  1. Middle English jargoun, from Old French jargon, probably of imitative origin.

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  1. from Middle English jargoun, gargoun, jargon, jergon, chattering, from Old French jargon, gergon, Frenchjargon, gibberish, peddlers' French, orig. ‘chattering,’ = Italian gergo, gergone, jargon (cf. Spanish gerigonza = Portuguese geringonça, jargon), later Old French (also F.) jargonner, chatter as birds, later speak gibberish. jangle, chatter, babble confusedly (cf. Spanish gerigonzar, speak a jargon); perhaps a reduced reduplication of the root appearing in L. garrire, chatter, prattle, talk, croak (as a frog), sing (as a nightingale), etc.: see jar and garrulous.
  2. from Middle English jargonen, jargounen, from Old French jargonner, jargon; from the noun.
  3. Also jargoon; from French jargon, from Italian giargone, a sort of yellow diamond, perhaps from Persian zargūn, gold-colored, from zar, gold, + gūn, quality, color. Cf. zircon.
 

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/ˈdʒɑrgən/
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