flyleaf

American  

[flahy-leef] / ˈflaɪˌlif /

noun

flyleaves plural

1. a blank leaf in the front or the back of a book.

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flyleaf British  

/ ˈflaɪˌliːf /

noun

1. the inner leaf of the endpaper of a book, pasted to the first leaf

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• flyleaves
  plural

Etymology

Origin of flyleaf

1825–35; fly ² (noun, in combination: something fastened by the edge) + leaf

Example Sentences

Jamie Fiocco, president of the American Booksellers Association and owner of Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is resigned to the fact that religious works were protected while others were not.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2019

I listen to Flyleaf, I listen to Gotye, I listen to some French composers.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2013

Skillet’s view falls in line with other rock groups—Switchfoot, Flyleaf, P.O.D.—that want to steer clear of the Christian label for fear of being branded.

From Time • Sep. 17, 2012

The Paper is meant to paste in as Flyleaf before any Volume of the Letters, as now printed. 

From Two Suffolk Friends by Groome, Francis Hindes