I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced by ceremony. --Marston. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
locution — [ lɔkysjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIVe « paroles »; lat. locutio, de loqui « parler » 1 ♦ (1487) Vx Manière de s exprimer, de parler (⇒ élocution). 2 ♦ (1680) Mod. Groupe de mots (syntagme ou phrase) fixé par la tradition, dont le sens … Encyclopédie Universelle
locution — LOCUTION. s. f Phrase, façon de parler. Cette locution n est pas bonne, est mauvaise. une locution basse … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Locution — (v. lat.), Rede , Ausdrucksweise; Locutorium, Sprachzimmer in den Klöstern; L. forinsĕcus, Sprachzimmer für Fremde u. auswärtige Religiosen … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Locution — Locution, lat. deutsch, Rede , Ausdrucksweise … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
locution — index expression (comment), parlance, phraseology, speech, term (expression) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
locution — style of speech, early 15c., from L. locutionem (nom. locutio) a speaking, speech, discourse; way of speaking, noun of action from pp. stem of loqui to speak, from PIE root *tolk(w) (Cf. O.Ir. ad tluch to thank, to tluch to ask; O.C.S. tloko… … Etymology dictionary
locution — *phrase, idiom, expression … New Dictionary of Synonyms
locution — [n] phrasing accent, articulation, dialect, diction, expression, inflection, language, phraseology; concept 77 … New thesaurus
locution — Locution, Locutio … Thresor de la langue françoyse
locution — ► NOUN 1) a word or phrase. 2) a person s particular style of speech. DERIVATIVES locutionary adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from loqui speak … English terms dictionary
