[ˈdɪkʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing
(e.g: Wordsworth campaigned against exaggerated poetic diction)

- the style of enunciation in speaking or singing
(e.g: she began imitating his careful diction)


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Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a word or phrase): via French from Latin dictio(n-), from dicere ‘to say’