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+ ==Etymology==
+ From [[enm|pamflet]] (14th century),^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989) from Anglo-Latin ''panfletus'',^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) apparently a popular short name for ''Pamphilus, seu de Amore'' (“Pamphilus, or On Love”), a 12th-century Latin love poem widely copied in the Middle Ages.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) The name ''Pamphilus'' is from Greek ''pámphilos'' “loved by all”.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)
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+ The sense “short work on a question of current interest” dates from the late 16th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Noun==
+ '''pamphlet'''
+ 
+ # A small unbound printed work, usually with a paper cover.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)
+ # A short essay or tract on a topic of current interest, often a controversial one.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Verb==
+ '''pamphlet'''
+ 
+ # To write pamphlets.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To describe something in a pamphlet, or to hand out pamphlets.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}