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monogram

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mon·o·gram  (mn-grm)
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.]

mono·gram·matic (-gr-mtk) adj.

monogram
Noun
a design of one or more letters, esp. initials, on clothing, stationery, etc. [Greek monogrammatos consisting of one letter]

monogram, monography
Obsolete, a sketch or drawing in outline without color.
See also: Drawing
two or more letters, as initials, formed into a design to be placed on clothing, notepaper, etc., or as a crest. See also ornamentation. — monogrammatic, monogrammatical, adj.
See also: Writing
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.monogrammonogram - a graphic symbol consisting of 2 or more letters combined (usually your initials); printed on stationery or embroidered on clothing
symbol - an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
Translations
Spanish monogram [ˈmɔnəgræm] nmonograma m
French monogram [ˈmɔnəgræm] nmonogramme m
German monogram [ˈmɔnəgræm] nMonogramm nt
Italian monogram [ˈmɔnəgræm] nmonogramma m

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The envelope was of paper as thick as bark; on the oblong yellow paper there was a huge monogram, and the letter smelt of agreeable scent.
To the same time belonged the ebony and bronze doors, the silver statuette at the foot of the stairs, the forged iron balustrade reproducing right up the marble staircase Rita's decorative monogram in its complicated design.
This seemed as natural to Newland Archer as all the other conventions on which his life was moulded: such as the duty of using two silver- backed brushes with his monogram in blue enamel to part his hair, and of never appearing in society without a flower (preferably a gardenia) in his buttonhole.
 
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