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JARGON , in its earliest use a See also:term applied to the chirping and twittering of birds, but since the 15th See also:century mainly confined to any See also:language, spoken or written, which is either unintelligible to the user or to the hearer . It is particularly applied by uninstructed hearers or readers to the language full of technical terminology used by scientific, philosophic and other writers . The word is O . Fr., and See also:Cotgrave defines it as " gibridge (gibberish), See also:fustian language." It is cognate with Span. gerigonza, and Ital. gergo, gergone, and probably related to the onomatopoeic O . Fr. jargouiller, to chatter . The See also:root is probably seen in See also:Lat. garrire, to chatter . Gen. v . 32, vi . Io, vii . 13, X . I ; cf . 1 Chron. i . 4 . 2 Gen. ix . 27, X . 2, J . C . 850-750 B.C . In ix, 18 See also:Ham is an editorial addition . ' Gen. x . 1-5 cf . I Chron. i . 5-7 . For the significance of the genealogies in Gen. x. see HAM .
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