different between locution vs loquacious

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin loc?ti?, loc?ti?nem (“speech”), fromloquor (“speak”). Compare the French cognate locution.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo???kju.?n?/

Noun

locution (plural locutions)

1. A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.

   The television show host is widely recognized for his all-too-common locutions.
2. The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.
   • 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)

     So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".

3. (religion) A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.

Derived terms

• circumlocution
• locutionary
• locutive
• elocution

Related terms

• colloquial
• colloquium
• colloquy
• eloquent
• grandiloquent
• illocution
• interlocutor
• interlocution
• loquacious
• perlocution
• soliloquy

Translations

References

• locution in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• locution in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• locution at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin loc?ti?, loc?ti?nem (“speech”), from loqui (“speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?.ky.sj??/

Noun

locution f (plural locutions)

1. phrase, locution

Derived terms

Further reading

• “locution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin loqu?x (“talkative”) + -cious.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l???kwe???s/
• (US) enPR: l?-kw??sh?s, IPA^(key): /lo??kwe???s/

• Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

loquacious (comparative more loquacious, superlative most loquacious)

1. Talkative; chatty.
   • 1841, James Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer, ch. 8:

     On the other hand, Hetty was moody and silent. She was never loquacious, or if she occasionally became communicative, it was under the influence of some temporary excitement that served to arouse her unsophisticated mind; but, for hours at a time, in the course of this all-important day, she seemed to have absolutely lost the use of her tongue.

Synonyms

• chatty, talkative, garrulous
• See also Thesaurus:talkative

Antonyms

• laconic, quiet, reserved, taciturn

Derived terms

• loquaciously
• loquaciousness
• unloquacious

Related terms

• locution
• loquacity

Translations