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mon⋅o⋅gram

[mon-uh-gram] noun, verb, -grammed, -gram⋅ming.
–noun
1. a design consisting of two or more alphabetic letters combined or interlaced, commonly one's initials, often printed on stationery, embroidered on clothing, etc.
2. a single emblematic or decorative letter; applied initial.
–verb (used with object)
3. to decorate with a monogram.

Origin:
1600–10; < LL monogramma, irreg. < LGk monógrammon. See mono-, -gram 1


mon⋅o⋅gram⋅mat⋅ic [mon-uh-gruh-mat-ik] , mon⋅o⋅gram⋅mat⋅i⋅cal, mon⋅o⋅gram⋅mic, adjective
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mon·o·gram   (mŏn'ə-grām')   
n.  A design composed of one or more letters, typically the initials of a name, used as an identifying mark.
tr.v.   mon·o·grammed also mon·o·gramed, mon·o·gram·ming also mon·o·gram·ing, mon·o·grams also mon·o·grams
To mark with a design composed of one or more letters.

[Late Latin monogramma, from Late Greek monogrammon, from neuter of monogrammos, consisting of a single letter : Greek mono-, mono- + Greek gramma, letter; see -gram.]
mon'o·gram·mat'ic (-grə-māt'ĭk) adj.
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Word Origin & History

monogram 
1696, from Fr. monogramme, from L.L. monogramma (5c.), from Late Gk. monogrammon, "a character formed of several letters in one design," especially in ref. to the signature of the Byzantine emperors, from neut. of monogrammos (adj.) "consisting of a single letter," lit. "drawn with single lines," from Gk. monos "single, alone" + gramma "letter, line." Earlier it meant "sketch or picture drawn in lines only, without shading or color," a sense also found in L. and probably in Gk.
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