jargony
jargony adjective: typified by jargon; difficult to understand.
Adjective
jargony (comparative jargonier, superlative jargoniest)
- Typified by jargon; difficult to understand.
- I studied parts of plants and bones so that I could accurately describe in the jargoniest of jargon every single species-specific part from petiole to scapula, from tibia to sepal.2017, Michael W. Twitty, “No More Whistling Walk for Me”, in The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South, New York, N.Y.: Amistad, →ISBN, page 21
- He [Bill Hunt Gross] identified market inefficiencies around which he was able to structure trades that, over decades, wrung out extra basis points. He helpfully described these strategies himself in a 2005 paper and in his keynote speech at the 2014 Morningstar conference. “Structural alpha,” he...2022 May 6, Mary Childs, “Was the ‘Bond King’ Great?”, in Institutional Investor, New York, N.Y., →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2024
Forms of jargony
| comparative | jargonier |
|---|---|
| superlative | jargoniest |
Origin of jargony
From jargon + -y.
Questions about jargony
- What does jargony mean?
- Jargony means typified by jargon; difficult to understand.
- What part of speech is jargony?
- Jargony is an adjective.
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