Baragouin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbæɹəɡwæ̃/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Baragouin is a noun meaning (countable) A pidgin.
Meaning
(countable) A pidgin.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) Unintelligible speech; gibberish, jargon.
Example Sentences
I am sick of signals and ciphers and secret meetings and such baragouin.
[Jean-Jacques] Rousseau remained contemptuously aloof and described the language of [John] Milton as a terrible baragouin, too rude for his polite ears to decipher.
In order to avoid the potential for terminological confusion signaled above, I shall hereafter refer to the baragouin attributed to Caribs as Caribbean Pidgin French.
She spoke the rude French of the fishing villages, where the language lives chiefly as a baragouin, mingled often with words and forms belonging to many other tongues.
Word Forms
- baragouins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gibberish, baguette, pidgin, boogalee, cajun, pabouche.
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