phraseogramn.
/ˈfreɪzɪəɡram/, U.S. /ˈfreɪziəˌɡræm/ Now rare.
A written character or symbol representing a phrase; spec. (in Pitman's or other shorthand systems) a conventional combination of signs or letters standing for a phrase.
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discrete1620
logogram1840
grammalogue1845
phraseogram1847
outline1850
phonogram1864
logograph1888
tachygraph1965
1847 I. Pitman Man. Phonogr. (ed. 8) 63 An extensive list of phraseograms is given in the ‘Reporter’.
1868 I. Pitman Man. Phonogr. 15 Phraseogram, a combination of shorthand letters representing a phrase or sentence.
1895 W. E. A. Axon in W. Andrews Curious Church Customs 251 There are phraseograms for ‘in the name of the Lord’, ‘wherefore said the psalmist’, etc.
1936 Classical Rev. 50 24/1 Together with σημεῖα μονόβολα (which the editor compares to modern phraseograms) and specimens of Latin alphabets.
1952 I. J. Gelb Study of Writing i. 14 Phraseograms or signs for phrases are rarely found in popular writings, but they form an integral part of all stenographic systems.
2003 First Year B.A. Exam.: Office Managem. & Secretarial Pract. (Gujarat Univ., India) 1 Explain how a good phraseogram increases the speed of short-hand writer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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