offprint

[ awf-print, of- ]

noun

1. Also called separate. a reprint of an article that originally appeared as part of a larger publication.

verb (used with object)

1. to reprint separately, as an article from a larger publication.

offprint

/ ˈɒfˌprɪnt /

noun

1. Also called (US)separate a separate reprint of an article that originally appeared in a larger publication

verb

1. tr to reprint (an article taken from a larger publication) separately

Word History and Origins

Origin of offprint¹

1880–85; translation of German Abdruck

Example Sentences

Receiving an offprint a few years later, Escher wrote to Lionel expressing his admiration for the “continuous flights of steps” in the paper, and enclosing a print of Ascending and Descending.

From The Guardian

Imitation -- N. imitation; copying &c. v.; transcription; repetition, duplication, reduplication; quotation; reproduction; mimeograph, xerox, facsimile; reprint, offprint. mockery, mimicry; simulation, impersonation, personation; representation &c.

From Project Gutenberg

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