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tel⋅e⋅gram
[tel-i-gram] 
ɪˌgræm
noun, verb, -grammed, gram⋅ming.–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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| tel·e·gram (těl'ĭ-grām') n. A message transmitted by telegraph. tr. & intr.v. tel·e·grammed, tel·e·gram·ming, tel·e·grams To telegraph (something) or be telegraphed. |
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Telegram
Tel"e*gram\, n. [Gr. ? far + -gram.] A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch. Note: "A friend desires us to give notice that he will ask leave, at some convenient time, to introduce a new word into the vocabulary. It is telegram, instead of telegraphic dispatch, or telegraphic communication." --Albany [N. Y.] Evening Journal (April 6, 1852).
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Language Translation for : telegram
Spanish:
telegrama,
German:
das Telegramm,
Japanese:
電報
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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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