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jargonists

jargonists is the plural of jargonist.

Meaning of jargonist

Noun

jargonist (plural jargonists)

  1. 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 Euphuism1843, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Madame D'Arblay”, in Edinburgh Review

Questions about jargonists

What is jargonists the plural of?
Jargonists is the plural of jargonist.

Words near jargonists in the dictionary

  1. jargonises
  2. jargonish
  3. jargonising
  4. jargonist
  5. jargonistic
  6. jargonists
  7. jargonitis
  8. jargonium
  9. jargonization
  10. jargonizations
  11. jargonize

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