TELEGRAMMING

Verb

telegramming

present participle of telegram

Source: Wiktionary


TELEGRAM

Tel"e*gram, n. Etym: [Gr. -gram.]

Definition: A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.

Note: "A friend desires us to give notice that he will ask leave, at some convenient time, to introduce a new word into the vocabulary. It is telegram, instead of telegraphic dispatch, or telegraphic communication." Albany [N. Y.] Evening Journal (April 6, 1852).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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