1. Choice and use of words in speech or writing. 2. Degree of clarity and distinctness of pronunciation in speech or singing; enunciation.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English diccion, a saying, word, from Old French, from Latin dicti, dictin-, rhetorical delivery, from dictus, past participle of dcere, to say, speak. See deik- in Appendix I.
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cere, to say, speak. See deik- in Appendix I.
