1794, originally of semaphor, etc.; from telegraph (n.) + -ic. Electric telegraph sense is from 1823. Related: Telegraphically.
telegraphic news reports
a telegraphic machine
the strange telegraphic speech of some aphasics
telegraphic economy of words
telegenic
telegony
telegram
telegraph
telegraphese
telegraphic
telekinesis
Telemachus
telemarketing
telemeter
teleology
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