"mislocution" meaning in English

See mislocution in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: mislocutions [plural]
Etymology: From mis- + locution. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|locution}} mis- + locution Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mislocution (countable and uncountable, plural mislocutions)
  1. incorrect locution Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From mis- + locution.",
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        "plural"
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          "ref": "2009 July 26, “Fiction Chronicle”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Though distinctly restrained, Sethi’s prose evokes the comic mislocutions of Jonathan Safran Foer and the vertiginous mania of Zadie Smith.",
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