metagramn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛtəɡram/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdəˌɡræm/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, -gram comb. form.

Etymology: < meta- prefix + -gram comb. form, after anagram n. Compare earlier metagrammatism n. and meta-grammatizing adj. Compare French métagramme (1867 in sense 2).

†1. = anagram n. 1. Obsolete.See quot. 1799 at metagrammatically adv., also from the Diary of Hester Piozzi (formerly Thrale).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > alteration of letters in a word > [noun]

anagram1589

paragram?1637

metagram1800

1800 H. L. Piozzi Diary 15 Aug. in K. C. Balderston Thraliana (1942) II. 1006 La Revolution Françoise makes by Metagram—but you must take Veto out first;—Un Corse la finira.

1882 A. B. Grosart in Spenser's Wks. III. p. lxxxii It is..in the ‘well-ordering’ of ‘Rosalind’ or ‘Rosalinde’ or ‘Rosalynde’.., as an anagram or metagram, that we must find the solution.

2. A word game involving letter-substitution; spec. one in which one word is transformed into another by a series of stages, each of which involves substituting one letter to form another word.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > puzzle > [noun] > other word puzzles

riddleOE

logogriph1598

rebus1605

name-device1631

telesticha1637

lipogram1711

charade1776

conundrum1790

logogram1820

anagrams?1860

acrostic1861

metagram1867

word square1867

verbarian1872

jumble-letters1899

word ladder1928

Double-Crostic1934

word search1957

hangman1961

1867 London Society Oct. 307 We therefore welcome a new sort of 'gram... Its name, metagram, is derived from two Greek words, signifying a ‘change of letters’. It is on this change that the whole thing turns.

1872 S. E. C. Retipher (title) Metagrams, square words, diamond puzzles.

1985 T. Augarde Oxf. A to Z of Word Games (at cited word) A metagram is a challenge to discover a word from clues to other words which have one letter different from the secret word.

1989 Lit 1 7 Roussel himself saw the ‘process’ as related to the game of ‘metagram’, where words are gradually transformed by replacement of single letters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metagram
释义	metagramn. Brit. /ˈmɛtəɡram/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌɡræm/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, -gram comb. form. Etymology: < meta- prefix + -gram comb. form, after anagram n. Compare earlier metagrammatism n. and meta-grammatizing adj. Compare French métagramme (1867 in sense 2). †1. = anagram n. 1. Obsolete.See quot. 1799 at metagrammatically adv., also from the Diary of Hester Piozzi (formerly Thrale). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > alteration of letters in a word > [noun] anagram1589 paragram?1637 metagram1800 1800 H. L. Piozzi Diary 15 Aug. in K. C. Balderston Thraliana (1942) II. 1006 La Revolution Françoise makes by Metagram—but you must take Veto out first;—Un Corse la finira. 1882 A. B. Grosart in Spenser's Wks. III. p. lxxxii It is..in the ‘well-ordering’ of ‘Rosalind’ or ‘Rosalinde’ or ‘Rosalynde’.., as an anagram or metagram, that we must find the solution. 2. A word game involving letter-substitution; spec. one in which one word is transformed into another by a series of stages, each of which involves substituting one letter to form another word. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > puzzle > [noun] > other word puzzles riddleOE logogriph1598 rebus1605 name-device1631 telesticha1637 lipogram1711 charade1776 conundrum1790 logogram1820 anagrams?1860 acrostic1861 metagram1867 word square1867 verbarian1872 jumble-letters1899 word ladder1928 Double-Crostic1934 word search1957 hangman1961 1867 London Society Oct. 307 We therefore welcome a new sort of 'gram... Its name, metagram, is derived from two Greek words, signifying a ‘change of letters’. It is on this change that the whole thing turns. 1872 S. E. C. Retipher (title) Metagrams, square words, diamond puzzles. 1985 T. Augarde Oxf. A to Z of Word Games (at cited word) A metagram is a challenge to discover a word from clues to other words which have one letter different from the secret word. 1989 Lit 1 7 Roussel himself saw the ‘process’ as related to the game of ‘metagram’, where words are gradually transformed by replacement of single letters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1800
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