cant+language
11cant — n 1 jargon, argot, *dialect, lingo, vernacular, slang, patois Analogous words: phraseology, vocabulary, diction, *language: idiom, speech (see LANGUAGE 2) *hypocrisy, sanctimony, pharisaism …
12cant — index jargon (technical language), palter, phraseology Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
13language — [n] system of words for communication accent, argot, articulation, brogue, cant, communication, conversation, dialect, diction, dictionary, discourse, doublespeak*, expression, gibberish, idiom, interchange, jargon, lexicon, lingua franca,… …
14Cant. — abbr. Canticles (Old Testament). * * * 1. Canterbury. 2. Cantonese. * * * abbrev 1. Canterbury 2. Canticles * * * cant1 «kant», noun, adjective, verb. –n. 1. talk that is not sincere; moral or religious statements t …
15language — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) System of communication Nouns 1. language, tongue, lingo, vernacular, mother tongue, protolanguage; living or dead language; idiom, parlance, phraseology; wording; dialect, patois, cant, jargon, lingo,… …
16cant — cant1 cantingly, adv. /kant/, n. 1. insincere, esp. conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety. 2. the private language of the underworld. 3. the phraseology peculiar to a particular class, party, profession, etc …
17cant — Synonyms and related words: Aesopian language, Babel, Greek, L, Pecksniffery, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, about ship, affectation, affectedness, alert, angle, angularity, animate, animated, apex, argot, ascend, babble, back and fill, bank, be… …
18Cant — The term used for the language used by Travelers in Ireland and Scotland. These are two distinct varieties of English. The syntax and grammar are English, but the vocabulary comes from many sources, including the medieval vocabularies known as …
19cant — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle Low German *kant Date: 14th century dialect England lively, lusty II. verb Etymology: 3cant Date: circa 1543 transitive verb …
20cant — I [[t]kænt[/t]] n. 1) insincere or hypocritical statements, esp. pious platitudes 2) ling. the private language of the underworld 3) ling. the words and phrases peculiar to a particular class, profession, etc 4) whining or singsong speech 5) to… …
