holophrastic

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holophrastic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Holophrastic \Hol`o*phras"tic\, a. [Holo + Gr. ? to speak: cf.
     F. holophrastique.]
     Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is
     the case in the aboriginal languages of America.
  
     Syn: polysynthetic, agglutinative.
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