gram

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gram1 (Brit. also gramme) (abbrev.: g)

▶noun a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.

– origin C18: from Fr. gramme, from late L. gramma ‘a small weight’, from Gk.

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gram2

▶noun chickpeas or other pulses used as food.

– origin C18: from Port. grão, from L. granum ‘grain’.

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-gram1

▶combining form forming nouns denoting something written or recorded: cryptogram.

– derivatives
-grammatic combining form.

– origin from Gk gramma ‘thing written, letter of the alphabet’.

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-gram2

▶combining form forming nouns denoting a person paid to deliver a novelty greeting or message: kissogram.

– origin on the pattern of telegram.