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adjective
1.
being no longer published; no longer printed or reprinted: a bookstore specializing in out-of-print books.
noun
2.
a book, pamphlet, etc., that is no longer published.
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Out of print
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Origin:
1665–75
1665–75
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verb (used with object)
1.
to produce (a text, picture, etc.) by applying inked types, plates, blocks, or the like, to paper or other material either by direct pressure or indirectly by offsetting an image onto an intermediate roller.
2.
to reproduce (a design or pattern) by engraving on a plate or block.
3.
to form a design or pattern upon, as by stamping with an engraved plate or block: to print calico.
4.
to cause (a manuscript, text, etc.) to be published in print.
5.
EXPANDto write in letters like those commonly used in print: Print your name on these forms.
6.
Computers. to produce (data) in legible alphanumeric or graphic form.
7.
to indent or mark by pressing something into or upon (something).
8.
to produce or fix (an indentation, mark, etc.), as by pressure.
9.
to impress on the mind, memory, etc.
10.
to fingerprint.
11.
to apply (a thing) with pressure so as to leave an indentation, mark, etc.: The horses printed their hoofs on the wet grass.
12.
COLLAPSEPhotography. to produce a positive picture from (a negative) by the transmission of light.
verb (used without object)
13.
to take impressions from type, an engraved plate, etc., as in a press.
14.
to produce by means of a reproduction process: to print in color; to print unevenly.
15.
to make an image by means of ink, chemical action, etc., as type, engraved plates, etc.: This type is too worn to print cleanly.
16.
to write in characters such as are used in print: He'd rather print than use longhand.
17.
to follow the vocation of a printer.
noun
18.
the state of being printed.
19.
printed lettering, especially with reference to character, style, or size: This print is too large for footnotes.
20.
printed material.
21.
a printed publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
22.
EXPAND23.
a picture, design, or the like, printed from an engraved or otherwise prepared block, plate, etc.
24.
an indentation, mark, etc., made by the pressure of one body or thing on another.
25.
something with which an impression is made; a stamp or die.
26.
a fingerprint.
27.
Textiles.
a.
a design or pattern on cloth made by dyeing, weaving, or printing with engraved rollers, blocks of wood, stencils, etc.
b.
a cloth so treated.
c.
an article of apparel made of this cloth.
28.
something that has been subjected to impression, as a pat of butter.
29.
Photography. a picture, especially a positive made from a negative.
30.
any reproduced image, as a blueprint.
31.
COLLAPSEMovies, Television. a positive copy of a completed film or filmed program ready for showing; release print.
adjective
Verb phrases32.
of, for, or comprising newspapers and magazines: print media.
33.
34.
Idiomsprint out, Computers. to make a printout of.
35.
in print,
a.
in printed form; published.
b.
(of a book or the like) still available for purchase from the publisher.
36.
out of print, (of a book or the like) no longer available for purchase from the publisher.
Origin:
1250–1300; (noun) Middle English prent(e), print(e), prient(e) < Old French priente impression, print, noun use of feminine past participle of preindre to press1 < Latin premere; (v.) Middle English prenten, derivative of the noun
1250–1300; (noun) Middle English prent(e), print(e), prient(e) < Old French priente impression, print, noun use of feminine past participle of preindre to press1 < Latin premere; (v.) Middle English prenten, derivative of the noun
Related forms
un·print·ed, adjective
well-print·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
c.1300, "impression, mark," from O.Fr. preinte "impression," prop. fem. pp. of preindre "to press," from L. premere (see press (v.1)). Sense of "picture or design from a block or plate" is first attested 1662. Meaning "piece of printed cloth" is from 1756. Out of print "no
EXPANDlonger to be had from the publisher" is from 1674. The verb is attested from c.1340, "to impress with a seal, stamp, or die;" Meaning "to set a mark on any surface (including by writing)" is attested from c.1400. Meaning "to run off on a press" is recorded from 1511 (Caxton, 1474, used enprynte in this sense). In reference to textiles, 1588. The verb in the photography sense is recorded from 1851 (the noun from 1853). Meaning "to write in imitation of typography" is first attested 1837 in "Pickwick Papers":
COLLAPSE
"He always prints, I know, 'cos he learnt writin' from the large bills in the bookin' offices."The meaning "to record (someone's) fingerprints" is from 1952. Printer is recorded from 1504; in the computer sense, from 1946. Printer's bible so called from mistaken substitution of printers for princes in Psalm cxix.161, which led to the misreading:
"Printers have persecuted me without a cause."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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