HOLOPHRASIS


Meaning of HOLOPHRASIS in English

/heuh lof"reuh sis/ , n. , pl. holophrases /-seez'/ .

the expression of the ideas of a phrase or sentence in one word; polysynthesis: a language characterized by holophrasis.

[ 1865-70; HOLO- + Gk phrásis; see PHRASE ]

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