collocutions

Somewhere in the middle, between these extremes, are collocutions, that is, the ordinary combinations that habitually recur in a language.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 2 1987

I have two complaints about this book: One is that it is too brief: the language is vast, and the number of collocations (which, out of sheer perversity, I prefer to call collocutions) is enormous.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 2 1987

In collocutions of this tenor, Burr, adapting himself to the moods of his sedate ally, unfolded his purposes.

A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett William Henry Venable 1878

I get the impression because of the very difficult work of classification that a number of common collocutions have slipped through the net and that some of those included have missed their proper categorization.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 2 1987

The BBI (for Benson, Benson, Ilson) Dictionary concerns itself with such collocutions, their listing, and their classification into several grammatical and lexical classes of some refinement.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 2 1987

For those who have not needed to distinguish between idioms and collocutions, an explanation is in order.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 2 1987

a latent charm in mere words, cunning collocutions, and in the voice ringing them, which he has caught and brought out, beyond all others -- as in the line,

Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Walt Whitman 1855