locution
/loʊˈkjuʃn/
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Type
Noun
- Formal
Meaning
A particular word, phrase, or expression, especially one characteristic of a specific person or group.
The professor frequently relied on an archaic locution that puzzled modern students.
A person's particular style of speaking or verbal phrasing.
His strange locution made the prepared diplomatic statement sound clumsy and defensive.
Collocations
- archaic locution
- strange locution
- peculiar locution
- legal locution
- awkward locution