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pamphlet definition

pam·phlet (pam′flit)

noun

  1. a small, thin, unbound book made up of sheets of paper stapled or stitched together and usually having a paper cover
  2. something published in this form, usually on some topic of current interest

Etymology: ME pamfilet < OFr Pamphilet, dim. of ML Pamphilus, short for Pamphilus, seu de Amore, Pamphilus, or on Love, title of 12th-c. ML amatory poem

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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