locution

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A phrase or expression peculiar to or characteristic of a given person or group of people.
The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.
Style of discourse or usage, or any particular utterance in such style.
A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.

/loʊ̯ˈkju.ʃn̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-locution.wav

locution locutions

Borrowed from Latin locūtiō, locūtiōnem (“speech”), from loquor (“speak”). Compare the French cognate locution.

circumlocution colloquial colloquium colloquy elocution eloquent grandiloquent illocution interlocution interlocutor loquacious perlocution soliloquy

locute locutionary locutive mislocution prelocution prolocution ventrilocution

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