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locution |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Locution \Lo*cu"tion\, 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. I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced by ceremony. --Marston. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: locution n : a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression" [syn: {saying}, {expression}]
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