holophrasen.
/ˈhɒləʊfreɪz/ Philology.
A single word used instead of a phrase, or to express a combination of ideas (e.g. ungetatable).
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sentence-word1848
holophrasm1860
phrase-word1871
holophrase1899
monorheme1937
1899 E. J. Payne Hist. New World II. 201 This multiplication of elements denoting personality, in combination with more and more elements denoting Things, tends to the dissolution of the holophrase... The holophrase naturally follows the progression of the mind from point to point.
1914 W. R. M. Lamb Clio Enthroned 239 We can regard his periodic structures as a reversion..to the primitive holophrase.
1969 Language 45 325 All gone may be two words, or it may be a holophrase.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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