pamphlet

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pam=phlet

CIDE DICTIONARY

pamphlet, n. [OE. pamflet, pamfilet, paunflet, possibly fr. OF. palme the palm of the hand, F. paume (see Palm) + OF. fueillet a leaf, dim. of fueil, m., F. feuille, f., fr. L. folium, pl. folia, thus meaning, a leaf to be held in the hand; or perh. through old French, fr. L. Pamphila, a female historian of the first century who wrote many epitomes; prob., however, fr. OF. Pamflette, the Old French name given to Pamphilus, a poem in Latin verse of the 12th century, pamphlets being named from the popularity of this poem.].

•  A writing; a book.  Testament of love.  [1913 Webster]

  "Sir Thomas More in his pamphlet of Richard the Third."  [1913 Webster]
•  A small book consisting of a few sheets of printed paper, stitched together, often with a paper cover, but not bound; a short essay or written discussion, usually on a subject of current interest.  [1913 Webster]

pamphlet, v. i. 

 To write a pamphlet or pamphlets.  Howell.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pamphlet, n. & v.
--n. a small, usu. unbound booklet or leaflet containing information or a short treatise.
--v.tr. (pamphleted, pamphleting) distribute pamphlets to.

Etymology

ME f. Pamphilet, the familiar name of the 12th-c. Latin love poem Pamphilus seu de Amore

THESAURUS

pamphlet

ad, advert, advertisement, bill, booklet, brochure, bulletin, chapbook, circular, comic book, essay, flyer, folder, hand-out, handbill, leaflet, notice, tract

ROGET THESAURUS

pamphlet

Book

N booklet, writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule, tract, tractate, livret, brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion, circular, publication, chap book, part, issue, number livraison, album, portfolio, periodical, serial, magazine, ephemeris, annual, journal, paper, bill, sheet, broadsheet, leaf, leaflet, fly leaf, page, quire, ream, chapter, section, head, article, paragraph, passage, clause, endpapers, frontispiece, cover, binding, folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, sextodecimo, octodecimo, encyclopedia, encompilation, library, bibliotheca, press, definitive work, treatise, comprehensive treatise (dissertation), writer, author, litterateur, essayist, journalism, pen, scribbler, the scribbling race, literary hack, Grub-street writer, writer for the press, gentleman of the press, representative of the press, adjective jerker, diaskeaust, ghost, hack writer, ink slinger, publicist, reporter, penny a liner, editor, subeditor, playwright, poet, bookseller, publisher, bibliopole, bibliopolist, librarian, bookstore, bookshop, bookseller's shop, knowledge of books, bibliography, book learning, among the giant fossils of my past, craignez tout d'un auteur en courroux, for authors nobler palms remain, I lived to write and wrote to live, look in thy heart and write, there is no Past so long as Books shall live, the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writ, volumes that I prize above my dukedom.