mislocution

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noun

incorrect locution

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Meanings

nounmislocution (countable and uncountable, plural mislocutions)

plural mislocutions

  1. countableuncountableincorrect locution

    Though distinctly restrained, Sethi’s prose evokes the comic mislocutions of Jonathan Safran Foer and the vertiginous mania of Zadie Smith.

    2009 July 26, “Fiction Chronicle”, in New York Times

Origin

From mis- + locution.

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APA

mislocution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mislocution

MLA

“mislocution.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mislocution. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mislocution,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mislocution.

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