Mislocution

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    incorrect locution countable, uncountable

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

Etymology

From mis- + locution.

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