D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Locution

/(lō̇*kū"shŭn)/ · Lo·cu·tion · IPA /loʊ̯ˈkju.ʃn̩/
01 n. Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.
  1. 1.
    Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.
    “I hate these figures in locution, These about phrases forced by ceremony.” — Marston.