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holophrastic
Oct. 25th, 2023 07:41 amholophrastic (hol-uh-FRAS-tik) - (linguistics) adj., (of a sentence) consisting of a single word; of or relating to the stage of child language development characterized by the use of single-word utterances.
In the first sense, such as "Whatever" or "Bruh"; in the second, as in "More!" or "Up!" (For that last, I'm unsure whether raising one's arms to be picked up affects the linguistic status of the statement.) Coined around 1860 from Ancient Greek roots hólo(s), whole/entire + phrásis, speech.
---L.
In the first sense, such as "Whatever" or "Bruh"; in the second, as in "More!" or "Up!" (For that last, I'm unsure whether raising one's arms to be picked up affects the linguistic status of the statement.) Coined around 1860 from Ancient Greek roots hólo(s), whole/entire + phrásis, speech.
---L.
