Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PAM'PHLET, n. [Sp. papelon, from papel, paper. The word signifies both a pamphlet and a bill posted. Sp. papaleta, a slip of paper on which any thing is written; papel volante, a small pamphlet. It has also been deduced from paunflet, pagina filata, a word said to have been used by Caxton.]

A small book consisting of a sheet of paper, or of sheets stitched together but not bound.