telegram
Use Telegram in a sentence
ɪˌgræm noun
1.
a message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2.
to telegraph.
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| —n | |
| cable See also Telemessage a communication transmitted by telegraph | |
| telegrammatic | |
| —adj | |
| tele'grammic | |
| —adj | |
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Telegram
is always a great word to know.
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Word Origin & History
telegram
"telegraphic dispatch," 1852, coined by E.P. Smith of Rochester, N.Y., from tele-, as in telegraph + -gram, and introduced in the Albany "Evening Journal" of April 6, 1852. Purists pointed out that this is an erroneous formation, and the correct
word would be telegrapheme (which is close to the Mod.Gk. word).
"May I suggest to such as are not contented with "Telegraphic Dispatch" the rightly constructed word 'telegrapheme'? I do not want it, but ... I protest against such a barbarism as 'telegram.' " [Richard Shilleto, Cambridge Greek scholar, in the London "Times," Oct. 15, 1857]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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He contacted the central bureau of astronomical telegrams via telegram.
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