noun

pamphlet

PAMF-liht

noun

A small, thin, unbound or lightly bound printed booklet, usually giving information or opinion on a single topic.

"The clinic handed out a pamphlet explaining the vaccine."

"He wrote a political pamphlet arguing for reform."

How to Use Pamphlet

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA short printed booklet, usually informational or persuasive, without a hard cover.

Common pairings

political pamphlet hand out pamphlets informational pamphlet

Word Forms

pamphleted past tense, pamphletted past tense, pamphlets plural, pamphlets singular

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Etymology

From Middle English pamflet, ultimately traced to Pamphilus, a popular 12th-century Latin love poem that circulated widely as a short, cheaply bound text — its title became a byword for any small printed booklet.