[Fr. Of unknown origin.] The jargon, slang, or peculiar phraseology of a class, orig. that of thieves and rogues.
1860. Farrar, Orig. Lang., vi. 134. Leaves an uninviting argot in the place of warm and glowing speech. Ibid. (1869), Fam. Speech, ii. (1873), 78. The argots of nearly every nation.
