monogram
A design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an…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.
» She embroidered her monogram onto the handkerchief.
Meaning
6 sensesA 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.
Monogramm
моногра́ммаmonográmma, ве́нзельvénzelʹ
моногра́маmonohráma
One of the symbols used in either the I Ching divination or the Taixuanjing divination:
The unbroken line ⚊ for Heaven;
The once-broken line ⚋ for Earth;
The twice-broken line 𝌀 for Man (only used in Taixuanjing divination).
(obsolete)A picture drawn in line only, before the colour and/or shading is applied; an outline sketch.
(obsolete, rare)A sentence consisting of only one line, or an epigram consisting of only one verse, of poetry.
- a graphic symbol consisting of 2 or more letters combined (usually your initials); printed on stationery or embroidered on clothing
Examples
2 sentencesShe embroidered her monogram onto the handkerchief.
The towels came with a custom monogram.
Translations
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Origin
From French monogramme, from the Classical Latin adjective monogrammus, from the conjecturFrom French monogramme, from the Classical Latin adjective monogrammus, from the conjectured Ancient Greek * μονόγραμμος (monógrammos, “outlined”, “drawn with single lines”).
Formed as mono- + -gram, by analogy with epigram.
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.
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