pamphlet

[ pam-flit ]

/ ˈpæm flɪt /

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noun

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

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

Nearby words

pampean, pampeluna, pamper, pampero, pamph., pamphlet, pamphleteer, pamphletize, pamphrey, pamphylia, pampiniform

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

Related forms

pam·phlet·ar·y, adjective

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Examples from the Web for pamphlet

Occasionally a pamphlet for a salsa class might be tossed on a doorstop or stuck on a pole near a bus stop.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread|IranWire|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
One attack came in the form of an interview in "Olam Katan," a weekly pamphlet distributed in synagogues across the country.
Rabbis Versus Rabbis|Adiv Sterman|March 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
As I thumbed through the pamphlet I turned to page 5, state measures.
Keep Your Laws Off My Family|Melissa Etheridge|October 29, 2008|DAILY BEAST
The pamphlet obtained for its author two months imprisonment.
Old and New Paris, v. 2|Henry Sutherland Edwards

The first argument in this pamphlet is founded on the sovereignty of the powers of Congress.
Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 (4 of 16 vol.)|Various
Careful reading of the pamphlet, however, shows that these stocks are not a part of the exchange list.
Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World|Clifton R. Wooldridge
Mr. Henson sends me the pamphlet himself "with his compliments," and I have read it carefully.
Flowers of Freethought|George W. Foote
I also found five-and-twenty pounds in gold on your secretary's table the day after the pamphlet appeared.
The Golden Butterfly|Walter Besant

British Dictionary definitions for pamphlet

pamphlet

/ (ˈpæmflɪt) /

noun

a brief publication generally having a paper cover; booklet

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

Word Origin for pamphlet

C14 pamflet, from Anglo-Latin panfletus, from Medieval Latin Pamphilus title of a popular 12th-century amatory poem from Greek Pamphilos masculine proper name

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