locution

lo·cu·tion

noun \lō-ˈkyü-shən\

Definition of LOCUTION

1

: a particular form of expression or a peculiarity of phrasing; especially : a word or expression characteristic of a region, group, or cultural level

2

: style of discourse : phraseology

Examples of LOCUTION

1. We were taught to avoid certain locutions when speaking.
2. <in the poet's somewhat affected locution, word order is often reversed and so we have “the sea serene”>

Origin of LOCUTION

Middle English locucion, from Anglo-French, from Latin locution-, locutio, from loqui to speak

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to LOCUTION

Synonyms: fashion, style, manner, mode, phraseology, tone, vein

Related Words: address, delivery, elocution; archaism, colloquialism, regionalism; acceptation, connotation, denotation, expression, idiom

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Other Grammar and Linguistics Terms

ablaut, allusion, anacoluthon, diacritic, gerund, idiom, infinitive, metaphor, semiotics, simile

Rhymes with LOCUTION

ablution, Confucian, dilution, elution, pollution, solution