monophrasis

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ phrasis.

Noun

monophrasis (usually uncountable, plural monophrases)

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

Synonyms

• monolexis, monolexia
• single-wordness
• univerbation
• word-amalgamation
• laconism (figurative)

Related terms

• monophrastic