pamphlet

American  

[pam-flit] / ˈpæm flɪt /

noun

1. a complete publication of generally less than 80 pages stitched or stapled together and usually having a paper cover.

2. a short treatise or essay, generally a controversial tract, on some subject of contemporary interest.

   a political pamphlet.

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pamphlet British  

/ ˈpæmflɪt /

noun

1. a brief publication generally having a paper cover; booklet

2. a brief treatise, often on a subject of current interest, published in pamphlet form

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Other Word Forms

• pamphletary adjective

Etymology

Origin of pamphlet

1375–1425; late Middle English pamflet < Anglo-Latin panfletus, pamfletus, syncopated variant of Pamphiletus, diminutive of Medieval Latin Pamphilus, title of a 12th-century Latin comedy. See -et

Example Sentences

Indeed, one of her best-known pamphlets exposed him as the inventor of the mutton sleeve and the bicycle skirt.

From Literature

A year after he lampooned a judge in a mocking poem, he had the misfortune of standing before him charged with seditious libel for a pamphlet satirizing the Church.

From The Wall Street Journal

It would never be mistaken for a dry lecture or a didactic pamphlet.

From Los Angeles Times

As the pamphlet circulated, the tale was embellished.

From Literature

During the referendum debate, he wrote a pamphlet taking the Unionist view.

From BBC

Related Words

• brochure
• bulletin
• flyer
• folder
• handout
• leaflet
• tract