ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mislocution

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Mislocution is a noun meaning incorrect locution.

Meaning

incorrect locution.

Example Sentences

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

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include misspeech, mislocation, miswording, mispronouncement, missaying, solecism.

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