trigrammatic

adjective

tri·​gram·​mat·​ic

¦trīgrə¦matik

: of, relating to, or consisting of a trigram

Word History

Etymology

Greek trigrammatos of three letters (from tri- three + grammat-, gramma letter) + English -ic

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