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pamphlet

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pam·phlet

   [pam-flit]
–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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Origin:
1375–1425; late ME pamflet < AL panfletus, pamfletus, syncopated var. of Pamphiletus, dim. of ML Pamphilus, title of a 12th-century Latin comedy. See -et

—Related forms
pam·phlet·ar·y, adjective
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pamphlet
"small, unbound treatise," late 14c., from Anglo-Latin panfletus, popular short form of "Pamphilus, seu de Amore" ("Pamphilus, or about Love"), a short L. love poem of 12c., popular and widely copied in Middle Ages; the name from Gk. pamphilos "loved by all," from pan- "all" + philos "loving, dear." Meaning "brief work dealing with questions of current interest" is late 16c. Pamphleteer (n.) is first recorded 1640s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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pam·phlet   (pām'flĭt)   
n.  

  1. An unbound printed work, usually with a paper cover.

  2. A short essay or treatise, usually on a current topic, published without a binding.


[Middle English pamflet, from Medieval Latin pamfletus, from Pamphiletus, diminutive of Pamphilus, amatory Latin poem of the 12th century, from Greek pamphilos, beloved by all : pan-, pan- + philos, beloved.]
pam'phlet·ar'y (pām'flĭ-těr'ē) adj.
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