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Definition: HOLOPHRASTIC

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Holophrastic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Holophrastic \Hol`o*phras"tic\, adjective. [Holo Greek expression to speak: compare to the French expression holophrastique.]. (references)

Definition: HOLOPHRASTIC

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "HOLOPHRASTIC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Holophrastic \Hol`o*phras"tic\, adjective. [Holo Greek expression to speak: compare to the French expression holophrastique.]. (references)