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holophrastic, a. Philol.|hɒləʊˈfræstɪk|
[f. holo- + Gr. ϕραστικ-ός, f. ϕράζειν to indicate, tell, express. Cf. F. holophrastique (Littré).]
Of the nature of holophrasis: expressing a whole phrase or combination of ideas by a single word. Hence (as a back-formation, after spasm, spastic, etc.) ˈholophrasm = holophrase.
1860Farrar Orig. Lang. viii. 174 Many ancient languages are holophrastic. 1862D. Wilson Preh. Man. I. i. 12 With their peculiar holophrastic power of inflecting complex word-sentences. 1862D. Wilson Preh. Man II. xxv. 436 Holophrasms are common in all its [sc. the Algonquin] dialects. 1865Athenæum No. 1960. 688/1 Holophrastic, polysynthetic languages. 1875Whitney Life Lang. x. 209 The holophrastic utterances of a primitive time. 1900Amer. Anthropologist II. 615 A word-sentence may be called a ‘holophrasm’. |