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English Dictionary: diction	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diction n the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience Synonym(s): enunciation, diction the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton Synonym(s): wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diction \Dic"tion\, n. [L. dicto a saying, a word, fr. dicere, dictum, to say; akin to dicare to proclaim, and to E. teach, token: cf. F. diction. See {Teach}, and cf. {Benison}, {Dedicate}, {Index}, {Judge}, {Preach}, {Vengeance}.] Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy, variety, etc.; mode of expression; language; as, the diction of Chaucer's poems. His diction blazes up into a sudden explosion of prophetic grandeur. --De Quincey. Syn: {Diction}, {Style}, {Phraseology}. Usage: Style relates both to language and thought; diction, to language only; phraseology, to the mechanical structure of sentences, or the mode in which they are phrased. The style of Burke was enriched with all the higher graces of composition; his diction was varied and copious; his phraseology, at times, was careless and cumbersome. [bd]Diction is a general term applicable alike to a single sentence or a connected composition. Errors in grammar, false construction, a confused disposition of words, or an improper application of them, constitute bad diction; but the niceties, the elegancies, the peculiarities, and the beauties of composition, which mark the genius and talent of the writer, are what is comprehended under the name of style.[b8] --Crabb.