holophrastic

ho·lo·phras·tic

adj \ˌhō-lə-ˈfras-tik, ˌhä-\

Definition of HOLOPHRASTIC

: expressing a complex of ideas in a single word or in a fixed phrase

Origin of HOLOPHRASTIC

International Scientific Vocabulary hol- + -phrastic (from Greek phrazein to point out, declare)

First Known Use: 1860

Rhymes with HOLOPHRASTIC

anelastic, chiliastic, chloroplastic, Hudibrastic, inelastic, metaplastic, onomastic, orgiastic, paraphrastic, pederastic, periphrastic, pleonastic, pyroclastic, superplastic, thermoplastic