Associations to the word «Holophrastic»

Wiktionary

HOLOPHRASTIC, adjective. (linguistics) (of a sentence) Consisting of a single word, such as "Go." or "Whatever."
HOLOPHRASTIC, adjective. (linguistics) Pertaining to the stage of development where a child produces simple one-word utterances.

Wise words

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
Dan Quayle