mislocution

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ locution.

Noun

mislocution (countable and uncountable, plural mislocutions)

  1. incorrect locution
    • 2009 July 26, “Fiction Chronicle”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      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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