grammalogue Shorthand.
(ˈgræməlɒg)
[f. Gr. γράµµα + λόγος word: cf. analogue, catalogue.]
A word represented by a single sign; also, a letter or character representing a word (more correctly called logogram).
| 1845 I. Pitman Manual Phonogr. §30 (ed. 7) 19 Grammalogue, a letter-word; a word represented by a logogram. 1857 Ibid. §137 (ed. 10) 50 The positions of the grammalogues, above, on, and through the line, are determined by their vowels. 1864 Social Sci. Rev. Mar. 224 Grammalogues and phraseology are rather freely employed. 1892 Pall Mall G. 3 Oct. 7/2 Contractions and ‘grammalogues’ had to be devised by each man for himself. |