monogram

• monogramme (obsolete)

From French monogramme, from the Classical Latin adjective monogrammus, from the conjectured Ancient Greek * μονόγραμμος (monógrammos, “outlined”, “drawn with single lines”).

monogram (plural monograms)

1. (obsolete) A picture drawn in line only, before the colour and/or shading is applied; an outline sketch.

• “†monogram, n.¹” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

Formed as mono- +‎ -gram, by analogy with epigram.

monogram (plural monograms)

1. (obsolete, rare) A sentence consisting of only one line, or an epigram consisting of only one verse, of poetry.

• “†monogram, n.²” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

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.

The royal monogram of Marguerite of Lorraine (1615–1672), Duchess of Orléans and Alençon

monogram (plural monograms)

1. A design composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution.

• “monogram, n.³” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

monogram (third-person singular simple present monograms, present participle monogramming, simple past and past participle monogrammed)

1. (transitive) To mark something with a monogram.

• “monogram, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010]

• nomogram

From mono- +‎ -gram

monogram n (definite singular monogrammet, indefinite plural monogram or monogrammer, definite plural monogramma or monogrammene)

1. a monogram

• “monogram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From mono- +‎ -gram

monogram n (definite singular monogrammet, indefinite plural monogram, definite plural monogramma)

1. a monogram

• “monogram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

monogram m inan

1. monogram