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mislocution

noun

Etymology

From mis- + locution.

  1. borrowed from locūtiō
  2. prefixed as mislocution — “mis + locution”

Definitions

  1. incorrect locution

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mislocution. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA