diction
noun/ˈdɪkʃn/
/ˈdɪkʃn/
[uncountable]- the way that somebody pronounces words
- clear diction
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- (specialist) the choice and use of words in literature
- Wordsworth rejected poetic diction in favour of ordinary language.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting a word or phrase): from Latin dictio(n-), from dicere ‘to say’.
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