holophrastic

adjective

ho·lo·phras·tic ˌhō-lə-ˈfra-stik How to pronounce holophrastic (audio)

ˌhä-

: expressing a complex of ideas in a single word or in a fixed phrase

Word History

Etymology

holo- + -phrastic (as in paraphrastic, periphrastic)

Note: Word apparently coined by the German-American educator and political philosopher Francis Lieber (1798 or 1800-1872) in a letter to Albert Gallatin entitled "On some subjects of comparative Philology, and the importance of the study of Foreign Languages especially of the Classic Tongues," published in the Southern Literary Messenger, vol. 3, no. 3 (March, 1837), pp. 167-68.

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

单词	holophrastic
释义	holophrastic adjective ho·lo·phras·tic ˌhō-lə-ˈfra-stik ˌhä- : expressing a complex of ideas in a single word or in a fixed phrase Word History Etymology holo- + -phrastic (as in paraphrastic, periphrastic) Note: Word apparently coined by the German-American educator and political philosopher Francis Lieber (1798 or 1800-1872) in a letter to Albert Gallatin entitled "On some subjects of comparative Philology, and the importance of the study of Foreign Languages especially of the Classic Tongues," published in the Southern Literary Messenger, vol. 3, no. 3 (March, 1837), pp. 167-68. First Known Use 1860, in the meaning defined above
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