adjective
- Derived from or formed from a locution or phrase; (in linguistics) denoting a word or form created from an utterance or saying.
Usage: technical; linguistics
Examples
- The term 'delocutive' is used in linguistics to describe words that originate from fixed phrases or expressions.
- Some scholars debate whether certain verb forms are truly delocutive in origin.
- Delocutive derivation represents an interesting process in language evolution.