locution
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin locūtiō (“speech”), from loquor (“speak”). Confer cognate French locution.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /loʊ̯ˈkju.ʃn̩/
[edit] Noun
locution (plural locutions)
- speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.
- I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced by ceremony. -Marston.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Related terms
- colloquial
- colloquium
- colloquy
- eloquent
- grandiloquent
- illocution
- interlocutor
- interlocution
- loquacious
- perlocution
- soliloquy
[edit] References
- locution in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- locution in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- locution at OneLook Dictionary Search
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Latin locūtiō (“speech”), from loqui (“speak”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
locution f. (plural locutions)