| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | dic·tion |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d k sh n |
| NOUN: | 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 d cere, to say, speak. See deik- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | diction·al —ADJECTIVE
diction·al·ly —ADVERB
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