locution Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
    saying; expression.
    • pardon the expression

WordNet


Lo*cu"tion noun
Etymology
L. locutio, fr. loqui to speak: cf. F. locution.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913