EXOPHORA


Meaning of EXOPHORA in English

— exophoric /ek'seuh fawr"ik, -for"-/ , adj.

/ek sof"euhr euh/ , n. Gram.

the use of a word or phrase to refer to something in the extralinguistic environment, as that in Look at that, said by someone pointing to a sunset. Cf. endophora .

[ EXO- + (ANA)PHORA ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .