First Known Use: 1860
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holophrastic
adjective ho·lo·phras·tic \ˌhō-lə-ˈfras-tik, ˌhä-\
Definition of HOLOPHRASTIC
: expressing a complex of ideas in a single word or in a fixed phrase
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Origin of HOLOPHRASTIC
International Scientific Vocabulary hol- + -phrastic (from Greek phrazein to point out, declare)
Rhymes with HOLOPHRASTIC
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