Found 2 items, similar to Locution.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: locution
locution
n : a word or phrase that particular people use in particular
situations;
“pardon the expression” [syn:
saying,
expression]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Locution
Locution
\Lo*cu"tion\ (l[-o]*k[=u]"sh[u^]n), 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.
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I hate these figures in locution,
These about phrases forced by ceremony. --Marston.
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