LOCUTION Definition & Meaning

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locution

[ loh-kyoo-shuhn ]

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noun

a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, especially as used by a particular person, group, etc.
a style of speech or verbal expression; phraseology.

locution

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noun

a word, phrase, or expression
manner or style of speech or expression

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Derived Forms

��ˈ��ܳپ��ǲԲ��, adjective

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of locution¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin ��ǳ�ū�پ�ō��- (stem of ��ǳ�ū�پ�ō ) “speech, style of speech,” equivalent to ��ǳ�ū��(�ܲ�) (past participle of ��Ǳ��ī “to speak”) + -��ō��- -ion

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of locution¹

C15: from Latin ��ǳ�ū�پ�ō an utterance, from ��Ǳ��ī to speak

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Synonym Study

See phrase.

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Example Sentences

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To borrow one of Trump’s con-man locutions, everybody knows this announcement is about scaring voters away and undermining the public’s trust in elections.

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I kept a list of such locutions as I was reading — an “index of themes,” to borrow the title of the opening poem.

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An awkward locution, but it appeases the sensitivity police.

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The New Hampshire Democrat, who got elected six years ago by a margin of just 1,017 votes, uses an unmistakably New England locution to describe her state’s voters: “Wicked independent.”

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These locutions clutter Seymour’s book, especially since what we do know of Rhys’s life and career is, if not encyclopedic, a good deal.

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