lingo
English
Noun
lingo (countable and uncountable, plural lingos or lingoes)
- Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.
- 1846, Reynolds, George W.M., The Mysteries of London volume 1, London: George Vickers, page 327:
- "You see, ma'am, I can't divest myself of my professional lingo," observed Mr. Banks.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 12, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- She had Lord James' collar in one big fist and she pounded the table with the other and talked a blue streak. Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.
- 1846, Reynolds, George W.M., The Mysteries of London volume 1, London: George Vickers, page 327:
Translations
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ-. Cognate to English lick.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlin.ɡoː/, [ˈlɪŋ.ɡoː]
Verb
lingō (present infinitive lingere, perfect active linxī, supine linctum); third conjugation
- I lick (up)
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- lingo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lingo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lingo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- lingo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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