Monogram

Alternative forms

• monogramme obsolete

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

Full definition of monogram

Noun

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

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

Noun

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

The noun derives from the post-Classical Latin monogrammum, itself from the Byzantine Greek μονόγραμμον; cf. 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.

Noun

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

Verb

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

Anagrams

• nomogram