Vocabulary Word
Word: monogram
Definition: design composed of one or more initials of a name; V.
Definition: design composed of one or more initials of a name; V.
Sentences Containing 'monogram'
The pattern is often exceedingly light and dainty, and airy and graceful with a large cipher or monogram in the center, a delicate cobweb of baffling, intricate forms, wrought in steel.
"The name of the maker, no doubt; or his monogram, rather."
With my body in one easy-chair and my legs upon another, I had surrounded myself with a cloud of newspapers until at last, saturated with the news of the day, I tossed them all aside and lay listless, watching the huge crest and monogram upon the envelope upon the table and wondering lazily who my friend's noble correspondent could be.
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