flyleaf

[ flahy-leef ]

noun

, plural fly·leaves.

1. a blank leaf in the front or the back of a book.

flyleaf

/ ˈflaɪˌliːf /

noun

1. the inner leaf of the endpaper of a book, pasted to the first leaf

Word History and Origins

Origin of flyleaf¹

1825–35; fly ² (noun, in combination: something fastened by the edge) + leaf

Example Sentences

It lay open to the flyleaf, and there was an inscription penned in the fine handwriting that engravers try so hard to copy.

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Would it tire you very much to write it for me in the flyleaf of this Prayer-Book that Mr. Charnock has given me?

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With a silver pencil she wrote her name and address on the flyleaf of Persuasion, and gave the book to Rachel.

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I combine here the data of the two lists, calling the list on the flyleaf A and that on the lower margin B.

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Heber has inscribed a MS. note on the flyleaf to this effect.

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