HOLOPHRASTIC

  

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HOLOPHRASTIC

Definition: HOLOPHRASTIC

HOLOPHRASTIC

Adjective

1. Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Holophrastic \Hol`o*phras"tic\, adjective. [Holo Greek expression to speak: compare to the French expression holophrastique.]. (Websters 1913)


Frequency of Internet Keywords: HOLOPHRASTIC

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  holophrastic

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "HOLOPHRASTIC"

Words rhyming with "HOLOPHRASTIC" (pronounced 'Hol`o*phras"tic'): Absolutistic, Acatalectic, Acataleptic, Acephalocystic, Acetic, Acherontic, Acroteleutic, Adiaphoristic, Agrestic, Albinistic, Altruistic, Amnestic, Amphiblastic, Amyloplastic, Anacamptic, Anacathartic, Anachronistic, Anaclastic, Anaglyptic, Analectic, Analeptic, Anamnestic, Anapestic, Anaplastic, Anapodeictic, Anastaltic, Anatreptic, Animistic, Annalistic, Antapoplectic, Antarctic, Antephialtic, Antepileptic, Anthelmintic, Antiapoplectic, Anticlastic, Antiephialtic, Antiepileptic, Antigalastic, Antiorgastic, Antiperistaltic, Antiplastic, Antiscorbutic, Antispastic, Antonomastic, Antorgastic, Aoristic, Aortic, Aphlogistic, Aphotic. (additional references)

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Anagrams: HOLOPHRASTIC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-h-h-i-l-o-o-p-r-s-t"

-2 letters: haircloths.

-3 letters: acroliths, acropolis, apostolic, calthrops, crapshoot, haircloth, isophotal, lotharios, sociopath, spoliator, troopials.

-4 letters: acrolith, actorish, aphorist, apricots, atrophic, calthrop, caltrops, capitols, carpools, chariots, coalpits, colorist, copastor, copilots, cortisol, haricots, hospital, isolator, locators, lothario, orphical, ostiolar, phthalic, piscator, porticos, postoral, scotopia, strophic, trochils, troopial, tropical.

-5 letters: airpost, aphotic, apostil, apricot, aprotic, archils, cahoots, caliphs.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-h-h-i-l-o-o-p-r-s-t"
 

+4 letters: psychohistorical.

 

+5 letters: chromolithographs, historiographical, spectroheliograph.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: HOLOPHRASTIC


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 4F 4C 4F 50 48 52 41 53 54 49 43

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

....    ---    .-..    ---    .--.    ....    .-.    .-    ...    -    ..    -.-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01001111 01001100 01001111 01010000 01001000 01010010 01000001 01010011 01010100 01001001 01000011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#79 &#76 &#79 &#80 &#72 &#82 &#65 &#83 &#84 &#73 &#67

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 004F 004C 004F 0050 0048 0052 0041 0053 0054 0049 0043

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

424946495042523553544337

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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