a. rare–1. [f. JARGON sb.1 + -ESQUE: cf. mod.F. jargonnesque (R. Estienne in Littré).] Characterized by the use of jargon, composed in jargon.
1884. St. James’s Gaz., 28 June, 7/1. The plan of the book is to make a vocabulary of the jargonesque ballads [i.e., Villon’s ballads in jargon].
