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• 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 Gk. pamphilos… …   Etymology dictionary

• Popular print — Popular Prints is a term for printed images of generally low artistic quality which were sold cheaply in Europe and later the New World from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries, often with text as well as images. They were the first mass media …   Wikipedia

• pamphlet — pamphletary, adj. /pam flit/, n. 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… …   Universalium

• Pamphlet — A pamphlet is an unbound booklet (that is, without a hard cover or binding). It may consist of a single sheet of paper that is printed on both sides and folded in half, in thirds, or in fourths (called a leaflet), or it may consist of a few pages …   Wikipedia

• Pamphlet —    The background of the common word pamphlet may be entirely amatory. In the twelfth century a Latin poem titled Pamphilus, seu de Amore took the staid people of that era by storm. The author of this Latin poem is unknown, but the verses, some… …   Dictionary of eponyms

• pamphlet — pam|phlet [ˈpæmflıt] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Pamphilus seu De Amore Pamphilus or On Love , popular Latin love poem of the 12th century] a very thin book with paper covers, that gives information about something →↑leaflet ▪ a political… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• 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 …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• pamphlet — /ˈpæmflət / (say pamfluht) noun 1. a short treatise or essay, generally controversial, on some subject of temporary interest: a political pamphlet. 2. a complete publication generally less than 80 pages, stitched or stapled and usually enclosed… …  

• 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 …   Word origins

• pamphlet — noun Etymology: Middle English pamflet unbound booklet, from Pamphilus seu De Amore Pamphilus or On Love, popular Latin love poem of the 12th century Date: 14th century an unbound printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Common Sense (pamphlet) — This article is about the American revolutionary war pamphlet by Thomas Paine. For other uses, see Common sense (disambiguation). Common Sense   …   Wikipedia