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Language: Latin
Origin: -gramma, from Greek, from gramma; GRAM

-gram

 suffix
     
-gram [in nouns]
a message delivered as an amusing surprise:
On his birthday we sent him a kissagram (=a woman who was paid to give him a message and kiss him).
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