单词 | holophrastic |
释义 | holophrasticadj. Philology. 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 n. = holophrase n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [noun] > word expressing phrase or sentence sentence-word1848 holophrasm1860 phrase-word1871 holophrase1899 monorheme1937 the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [adjective] > expressing whole phrase by one word holophrastic1860 1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. viii. 174 Many ancient languages are holophrastic. 1862 D. Wilson Prehistoric Man I. i. 12 With their peculiar holophrastic power of inflecting complex word-sentences. 1862 D. Wilson Prehistoric Man II. xxv. 436 Holophrasms are common in all its [sc. the Algonquin] dialects. 1865 Athenæum No. 1960. 688/1 Holophrastic, polysynthetic languages. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. x. 209 The holophrastic utterances of a primitive time. 1900 Amer. Anthropologist 2 615 A word-sentence may be called a ‘holophrasm’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1860 |
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