marconigram

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noun

A message sent via radio.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounmarconigram (plural marconigrams)

plural marconigrams

  1. datedA message sent via radio.

    At a nod the man brought him a marconigram.

    1913, James Andrew White, Jerome W Howe, C S Anderson, The Wireless Age
    3 more examples

    The marconigram would not carry all the way across the Atlantic...

    1908, Society of Friends, Minutes and Proceedings of the Five Years Meeting

    This was the marconigram which was to be the key to unlock the whole mystery.

    1926, George Dilnot, The Story of Scotland Yard

    The ship was properly cleared for Portland, U.S.A., subject to orders at that port or on the high seas. A marconigram received at midday altered her destination to Leningrad.

    1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 18, in Well Tackled!

Origin

From Marconi + -gram, from the name of Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937).

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APA

marconigram. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marconigram

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Chicago

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