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   Lo·cu·tion

   /lōˈkyo͞oSHən/

   

   noun

   • 1. a word or phrase, especially with regard to style or idiom.
   • ▪ a person's style of speech: "his impeccable locution"
   • 2. an utterance regarded in terms of its intrinsic meaning or reference, as distinct from its function or purpose in context.
   • ▪ language regarded in terms of locutionary rather than illocutionary or perlocutionary acts.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin locutio(n-), from loqui ‘speak’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. locutionary adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • C

     3

   • U

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

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