Lexicographical Neighbors of Jargonish
Literary usage of Jargonish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1817)
"... and so little common sense in the prose, that we almost suspected that they
were intended to ridicule that inflated and jargonish style which has of ..."
2. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1917)
"style most inclined to the jargonish,1 the " Senancour," and in part the "
Lamennais," demand special notice, while the opening of the "Beranger," with its ..."
3. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1900) by George Saintsbury (1906)
"... as far as literature is concerned, been a little wanting in dignity, in finish,
and even in fervour, its philosophy either commonplace or jargonish, ..."
4. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1906)
"... and though it would not cost me five minutes to turn the statement of the fact
into a jargonish explanation thereof on principles very popular to-day, ..."
5. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1895)
"... austere, unliterary, and what has been called "jargonish," it loses humanity
and general appeal. If the golden mean was ever hit between these extremes ..."
6. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Let us concede input to be jargonish and faddish; yet, it must be in some way
useful if it continues to be chosen so frequently by such a variety of writers ..."
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