logogram

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: log=o=gram

CIDE DICTIONARY

logogram, n. [Gr. lo`gos word + -gram.].

 A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf. Grammalogue.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

logogram, n. a sign or character representing a word, esp. in shorthand.

Etymology

Gk logos word + -GRAM

THESAURUS

logogram

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