locution

 
Pronunciation: /ləˈkjuːʃ(ə)n/

noun

  • 1a word or phrase, especially with regard to style or idiom.
  • [mass noun] a person’s style of speech: his impeccable locution
  • 2an utterance regarded in terms of its intrinsic meaning or reference, as distinct from its function or purpose in context. Compare with illocution, perlocution.

Derivatives

locutionary

adjective

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin locutio(n-), from loqui 'speak'