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- Latin · borrowed fromlocūtiō, locūtiōnem“speech”
- English todaylocution
Borrowed from Latin locūtiō, locūtiōnem (“speech”), from loquor (“speak”). Compare the French cognate locution.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
locution
Today it means: A phrase or expression peculiar to or characteristic of a given person or group of people. Full definition →
Latin locūtiō, locūtiōnem