pamphlet
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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.
Origin:
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
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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| —n | |
| 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 |
| [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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Word Origin & History
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.
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Example sentences
It's your first cruise and you're dutifully reading the cruise line's pamphlet on what to expect on your upcoming voyage.
It doesn't happen by hoping that someone is going to pick up a pamphlet at the clinic.
There is not a lot about starting from seed in this pamphlet.
Try to read the pamphlet in six-point type that your new phone carrier sends you when you change long-distance service.
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