telegraphic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Brief or concise, especially resembling a telegram with clipped syntax.
Example Sentences
- "It turned out to be no more than the weekly Reuter’s telegram sent as an ordinary letter from the nearest telegraphic office fifty miles away."
- "Her conversation, I soon found, was couched in the telegraphic style. “Weeds grow like house afire. Can’t keep even with ’em. Shall press you in. Better be careful.”"
- "This section is based on […] I am presenting the facts in a telegraphic fashion; for the sources, discussion and disagreements see the five scholars I listed."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor. Latin -graphuslbor. French -graphe French télégraphebor. English telegraph Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English telegraphic From telegraph + -ic.
Inflected Forms
more telegraphic (comparative)
most telegraphic (superlative)