noun, verb — 7 senses
UK /ˈmɒ.nəˌɡɹæm/ · US /ˈmɑ.nəˌɡɹæm/
Etymology From French monogramme, from the Classical Latin adjective monogrammus, from the conjectured Ancient Greek * μονόγραμμος (monógrammos, “outlined”, “drawn with single lines”).
Obsolete A picture drawn in line only, before the colour and/or shading is applied; an outline sketch.
Etymology 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.
To mark something with a monogram.
Etymology Formed as mono- + -gram, by analogy with epigram.
Etymology 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.
A design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution; the letters are usually the initials of their names.
› One of the symbols used in either the I…
the unbroken line ⚊ for Heaven;
the once-broken line ⚋ for Earth;
the twice-broken line 𝌀 for Man (only used in Taixuanjing divination).
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