jargonist en · NOUN
Etymology
From jargon + -ist.
Meanings
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Someone who overuses jargon; one who uses cant or slang.
Nothing in the language of those jargonists at whom Mr . Gosport laughed, nothing in the language of Sir Sedley Clarendel, approaches this new Euphuism
1843, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Madame D'Arblay”, in Edinburgh Review:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jargonists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |