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locution - 4 dictionary results
lo⋅cu⋅tion
[loh-kyoo-shuh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, esp. as used by a particular person, group, etc. |
| 2. | a style of speech or verbal expression; phraseology. |
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| lo·cu·tion (lō-kyōō'shən) n.
[Middle English locucion, from Old French locution, from Latin locūtiō, locūtiōn-, from locūtus, past participle of loquī, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Locution
Lo*cu"tion\, n. [L. locutio, fr. loqui to speak: cf. F. locution. ] Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression. " Stumbling locutions." --G. Eliot. I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced by ceremony. --Marston.
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locution
1432, from L. locutionem (nom. locutio) "a speaking," from locatus, pp. of loqui "to speak."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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