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Webster 1913 Edition


Monogram

Mon′o-gram

,
Noun.
[L.
monogramma
; Gr.
μόνοσ
single +
γράμμα
letter, fr.
γράφειν
to write: cf. F.
monogramme
. See
Graphic
.]
1.
A character or cipher composed of two or more letters interwoven or combined so as to represent a name, or a part of it (usually the initials). Monograms are often used on seals, ornamental pins, rings, buttons, and by painters, engravers, etc., to distinguish their works.
Monogram.
☞ The monogram above, combining the letters of the name
Karolvs
, was used by Charlemagne.
2.
A picture in lines; a sketch.
[R.]
3.
An arbitrary sign for a word.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Monogram

MON'OGRAM

,
Noun.
[Gr. sole and letter.] A character or cypher composed of one, two or more letters interwoven, being an abbreviation of a name; used on seals, &c.

Definition 2024


monogram

monogram

English

Alternative forms

Noun

monogram (plural monograms)

  1. (obsolete) A picture drawn in line only, before the colour and/or shading is applied; an outline sketch.

References

Etymology 2

Formed as mono- + -gram, by analogy with epigram.

Noun

monogram (plural monograms)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A sentence consisting of only one line, or an epigram consisting of only one verse, of poetry.

References

  • †monogram, n.²” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

Etymology 3

The noun derives from the post-Classical Latin monogrammum, itself from the Byzantine Greek μονόγραμμον (monógrammon); compare the French and Middle French monogramme, as well as the Italian monogramma. The verb derives from the noun; compare the earlier adjective monogrammed and the slightly earlier noun monogramming.

Noun

The royal monogram of Marguerite of Lorraine (1615–1672), Duchess of Orléans and Alençon

monogram (plural monograms)

  1. A design composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution.
Translations
References
  • monogram, n.³” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

Verb

monogram (third-person singular simple present monograms, present participle monogramming, simple past and past participle monogrammed)

  1. (transitive) To mark something with a monogram.
Translations
References
  • monogram, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

Anagrams


Polish

Noun

monogram m inan

  1. monogram

Declension