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telegrapheme

telegrapheme noun: a telegram.

Noun

telegrapheme (plural telegraphemes)

  1. (dated, rare) A telegram.
    • Every one has been told at school how telegram ought to be telegrapheme; but by this time we have long ceased to mourn for the extra syllable, and begun seriously to consider whether the further shortening into wire has not been resisted as long as honour demands.[1908, H.W. Fowler, chapter I, in The King's English, 2nd edition

Forms of telegrapheme

pluraltelegraphemes

Questions about telegrapheme

What does telegrapheme mean?
Telegrapheme means a telegram.
What part of speech is telegrapheme?
Telegrapheme is a noun.
What is the plural of telegrapheme?
The plural of telegrapheme is telegraphemes.

Words near telegrapheme in the dictionary

  1. telegraph wire
  2. telegraph wires
  3. telegraph-like
  4. telegraphable
  5. telegraphed
  6. telegrapheme
  7. telegraphemes
  8. telegrapher
  9. telegrapher's paralysis
  10. telegraphers
  11. telegraphese

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