Holophrastic Definition
hŏlə-frăstĭk, hōlə-
adjective
Polysynthetic.
American Heritage
Expressing an entire sentence or phrase in one word.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to the stage of child language development characterized by the use of single-word utterances.
American Heritage
Origin of Holophrastic
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holo– Greek phrastikos expressive (from -phrastos speakable, thought of) (from phrazein to show gwhren- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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