Crossword clues for locution
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Locution \Lo*cu"tion\ (l[-o]*k[=u]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. locutio, fr.
loqui to speak: cf. F. locution. ]
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"style of speech," early 15c., from Latin locutionem (nominative locutio) "a speaking, speech, discourse; way of speaking," noun of action from past participle stem of loqui "to speak," from PIE root *tolk(w)- (cognates: Old Irish ad-tluch- "to thank," to-tluch- "to ask;" Old Church Slavonic tloko "interpretation, explanation"). Related: Locutionary.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage. 2 The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way. 3 A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.
WordNet
n. a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression" [syn: saying, expression]
Wikipedia
Locution can refer to:
- a figure of speech
- Locution (paranormal), a mode of supernatural revelation
- Locution (catchphrase), a particular word, phrase, or expression, especially associated with a particular person, region, group, or cultural level
- Interior locution, the phenomenon when a person reportedly receives a set of ideas, thoughts, or visions from an outside spiritual source
Locution (from Latin locutio, -onis a "speaking" < loqui "speak") is a paranormal phenomenon or supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint. Phenomena of locutions are described in the lives of Christian saints such as Saint Mary of Egypt (5th century), who heard the locution from the Icon of Virgin Mary at the Holy Sepulchre or in case of the Saint Henry of Coquet Island (d. 1127) who experienced the locution from the figure of Christ crucified.
Usage examples of "locution".
Sir Willoughby, astonished at the locution and pleading in the interests of a son of one.
Again: I doubt if Timothy Beame had ever addressed such an inane locution to anyone ever before.
Something Blake needs to announce, a chance locution that threatens to change his life.
I get an average of thirty people a day dying from the locution of speech reserved for impossibility: the earth moving underneath them.
The first excited inter locutions over, and an invitation to remain and eat supper having been refused by the two men, Freule de Wolff turned to Loveday.
Chancellor in sentences marked by such locutions as: forgetful of Being, mound of bones, structure of care, Stutthof, Todtnau, and concentration camp.
The Catholic religion had been compulsory in South Ireland from 1944 until 1980, and the Erse language, although that was largely corrupted by unavoidable English words and locutions, had also been made obligatory.
Germanic mission in the territories of the Order, and it was only very rarely that locutions smacking too strongly of boy scout turned up in his lectures.
Germanic mission in the territories of the Order, and it was only very rarely that locutions smacking too strongly of boy scout turned up in his lectures.