Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup. · A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group. · A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta. · Empty, hypocritical talk.
To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup. · To speak in set phrases. · To talk, beg, or preach in a singsong or whining fashion, especially in a false or empty manner. · Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
From Latin cantō, probably via Old Northern French canter (“sing, tell”). Doublet of chant.
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