Pronounced: BLOW-down, noun
Notes: I haven’t heard the word, but I probably should have known this word
Yesterday’s word
The word holophrasm means
- a one-word sentence (such as “Leave.”)
- A complex idea conveyed in a single word (as an example, “Howdy” to “How do you do?”)
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
Our word comes from two Greek words: holos (whole) and phrasis (speech).
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