pamphlet

[ pam-flit ]

noun

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 contemporary interest:

   a political pamphlet.

pamphlet

/ ˈpæmflɪt /

noun

1. a brief publication generally having a paper cover; booklet
2. a brief treatise, often on a subject of current interest, published in pamphlet form

Other Words From

• pamphlet·ary adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pamphlet¹

1375–1425; late Middle English pamflet < Anglo-Latin panfletus, pamfletus, syncopated variant of Pamphiletus, diminutive of Medieval Latin Pamphilus, title of a 12th-century Latin comedy. See -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of pamphlet¹

C14 pamflet, from Anglo-Latin panfletus, from Medieval Latin Pamphilus title of a popular 12th-century amatory poem from Greek Pamphilos masculine proper name

Example Sentences

Others request pamphlets about the vaccine because they want to put them in time capsules.

From Washington Post

I’ve compiled a collection of my favorite soup recipes into a handy pamphlet.

From Washington Post

This pamphlet is a visual way to present information like product size charts, measurements, and even product care tips.

From Search Engine Watch

This recipe, along with six more of my mother’s originals, are in my “Heloise’s Main Dishes and More” pamphlet.

From Washington Post

The Parties also stopped holding the celebrations that had once drawn people to the ballot box, opting for pamphlets instead of parades.

From Time

Occasionally a pamphlet for a salsa class might be tossed on a doorstop or stuck on a pole near a bus stop.

From The Daily Beast

The content veers between tourist pamphlet and “insider tips.”

From The Daily Beast

A slick pamphlet (PDF) from the Family Research Council is a case in point.

From The Daily Beast

One attack came in the form of an interview in "Olam Katan," a weekly pamphlet distributed in synagogues across the country.

From The Daily Beast

“Health care is a right” was the slogan on his first campaign pamphlet.

From The Daily Beast

It was upon a lighter note, not to end in anticlimax, that Mr. Jenyns concluded his able pamphlet.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet, I am happy to say, the Bahia press has lately actually printed a pamphlet against the slave trade.

From Project Gutenberg

He wrote a pamphlet in 1850 entitled "Free Schools in Virginia" in which he voiced a strong appeal for public education.

From Project Gutenberg

He wrote many short articles in pamphlet form about anti-slaveryism.

From Project Gutenberg

Against plays, players, and playgoers they waged in pulpit and pamphlet a warfare characterized by the most intense fanaticism.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• brochure
• bulletin
• flyer
• folder
• handout
• leaflet
• tract