pamphlet
n. countablen. a small, thin book with a paper cover that gives information about a single subject. You often find them in doctor's offices or tourist centers to explain a specific topic.
n. a small, unbound booklet consisting of a few sheets of printed matter, typically used for informative or promotional purposes. Often used to disseminate political, religious, or health-related information.
The nurse gave me a pamphlet about healthy eating.
The local museum provides a free pamphlet that explains the history of each exhibit in the main hall.
During the political campaign, volunteers distributed a detailed pamphlet outlining the candidate's proposed reforms to the healthcare system and public infrastructure.
The noun is derived from Late Middle English pamflet, pamphilet (“short written text; small book; tract”) [and other forms], from Middle French Pamphilet (compare Late Latin (Anglo-Latin) pamfletus, panfletus, paunflettus (“short written text”), Old French Panfilès), a popular shorthand for the 12th-century Latin love poem Pamphilus, seu de amore (Pamphilus, or On Love): the widely circulated pamphlets then gave this name to the whole phenomenon. Pamphilet is derived from Latin Pamphilus, the name of a protagonist of the poem + Middle French -et (suffix forming diminutive masculine nouns); while Pamphilus is from Ancient Greek Πάμφιλος (Pámphilos, literally “beloved by all”), from παν- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all; every’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- (“to protect; to shepherd”)) + φῐ́λος (phĭ́los, “beloved, dear”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰil- (“decent; friendly; good; harmonious”)). For the Middle French and Old French use of the suffix -et to form shorthands for the titles of works, compare Middle French Avionet (“the fables of Avianus”) from Avianus; Middle French Catonet, Old French Chatonnet, Chatonez (“the Distichs of Cato”) from Caton (they were formerly believed to be by Cato); and Old French Esopet, Isopet (“Aesop’s Fables”) from Ésope (Aesop). The verb is derived from the noun.
Often used with the verbs 'distribute', 'hand out', or 'publish'.