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mislocution

mislocution noun: incorrect locution.

Noun

mislocution (countable and uncountable, plural mislocutions)

  1. incorrect locution
    • Though distinctly restrained, Sethi’s prose evokes the comic mislocutions of Jonathan Safran Foer and the vertiginous mania of Zadie Smith.2009 July 26, “Fiction Chronicle”, in New York Times

Forms of mislocution

pluralmislocutions

Origin of mislocution

From mis- + locution.

Questions about mislocution

What does mislocution mean?
Mislocution means incorrect locution.
What part of speech is mislocution?
Mislocution is a noun.
What is the plural of mislocution?
The plural of mislocution is mislocutions.

Words near mislocution in the dictionary

  1. mislocated
  2. mislocates
  3. mislocating
  4. mislocation
  5. mislocations
  6. mislocution
  7. mislocutions
  8. mislodge
  9. mislodged
  10. mislodges
  11. mislodging

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