lingo

lingō —, —, ere,

to lick: crepidas carbatinas, Ct.

← lineus × lingua →

lingo
lingo, nxi (Prisc. 881), nctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. lih, rih, to lick; Gr. λιχ-, λείχω, λιχανός; cf. l...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Lingo
·noun Language; speech; dialect. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
lingo
Language. An outlandish lingo; a foreign tongue. The parlezvous lingo; the French language. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
lingo
(Portuguese.) Language; tongue; speech. A low cant word.--Johnson. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
lingo
A very old word for tongue or dialect, rather than language or speech. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
flash lingo
The canting or slang language. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose