Associations to the word «Telegraphic»
Noun
Wiktionary
TELEGRAPHIC, adjective. Of, or relating to the telegraph
TELEGRAPHIC, adjective. Brief or concise, especially resembling a telegram with clipped syntax
Dictionary definition
TELEGRAPHIC, adjective. Of or relating to or transmitted by telegraph; "a telegraphic machine"; "telegraphic news reports".
TELEGRAPHIC, adjective. Having the style of a telegram with many short words left out; "telegraphic economy of words"; "the strange telegraphic speech of some aphasics".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.