English Explanatory Dictionary

monophrasis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any word carrying a complete sense by itself; not a polylectic term.
  2. A univerbation; a polylectic term merger.
  3. A laconic response.

Word forms

monophrasis monophrases

Etymology

From mono- + Latin phrasis.

Synonyms

monolexis monolexia single-wordness univerbation word-amalgamation laconism

Related words

monophrastic
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