parigotadj.n.
/ˈparᵻɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌɡoʊ/ colloquial.
A. adj.
Of a French accent, manner of speech, etc.: characteristic of an ordinary, esp. working-class, Parisian.
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Poitevin1611
Anglo-Norman1735
Occitanic1847
Occitanian1873
Anglo-French1884
Occitan1945
parigot1974
Swiss-French1979
1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 202 A young or youngish woman who speaks with something of a parigot accent.
1986 Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 29 June 11 The greeting ‘Salut, les enfoires’..jovially shouted in the thickest of parigot accents is no more.
2000 Financial Times (Nexis) 14 Dec. 13 Putzulu, very smart and sexy in a jaunty pin stripe suit, favours a more parigot, or vulgar Parisian delivery.
B. n.
Popular, esp. working-class, Parisian French.
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Parisian1841
Parisian French1849
parigot1974
1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 175 ‘What sort of accent would you call that, Johnny?’ ‘Overlaid,’ said the technician stolidly. ‘Predominance parigot.’ ‘Parigot hell, that's peasant... Peasant who went up to Ivry and acquired the rhythms.’
1995 Glasgow Herald (Nexis) 6 May 52 The Belleville district..has been almost entirely rebuilt. As a result you rarely hear ‘parigot’, the Parisian accent and Parisian slang, in the city any more.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1974