Definition of Holophrestic
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (linquistics) a sentence consisting of one word, such as the holophrastic expressions, Go or Whatever.
- (linquistics) in the phrase "holophrastic stage" simple one word expessions such as used by very young children as they learn a language, babytalk.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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