pamphlet
pronunciation
How to pronounce pamphlet in British English:
UK [ˈpæmflət]
How to pronounce pamphlet in American English:
US [ˈpæmflət]
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- Noun:
- a small book usually having a paper cover
- a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet
Word Origin
- pamphlet
- pamphlet: [14] The original ‘pamphlet’ was Pamphilus, a short anonymous Latin love poem of the 12th century. It was very popular and widely reproduced, and its name was adapted in the vernacular to Pamflet; and by the end of the 14th century this was being used generically for any text shorter than a book. The word’s more restricted modern connotations (‘unbound’ and ‘dealing with controversial subjects’) developed gradually over the centuries.
- pamphlet (n.)
- "small, unbound treatise," late 14c., from Anglo-Latin panfletus, popular short form of "Pamphilus, seu de Amore" ("Pamphilus, or about Love"), a short 12c. Latin love poem popular and widely copied in Middle Ages; the name from Greek pamphilos "loved by all," from pan- "all" + philos "loving, dear" see -phile). Meaning "brief work dealing with questions of current interest" is late 16c.