Holophrastic

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:10:49

Hol`o*phras"tic (?), a. [Holo + Gr. to speak: cf. F. holophrastique.]

Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.

 

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