pamphleteer

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The Word of the Day for February 3 is: 

pamphleteer   \pam-fluh-TEER\   verb
         *1 : to write and publish pamphlets
     2 : to engage in partisan arguments indirectly in writings 
 

Example sentence:
          Though he is remembered today for his novels and essays, George 
Orwell was also known to pamphleteer for causes important to him.

Did you know?
          Pamphlets, unbound printed publications with no covers or with paper 
covers, are published about all kinds of subjects, but our word "pamphlet" 
traces back to one particular document. It derives from the title of a short 
Latin love poem of the 12th century: Pamphilus, seu De Amore, which can be 
translated as "Pamphilus, or On Love." The name Pamphilus referred to a Greek 
god whose name means "loved by all." Following from this, the original 
pamphlets were short handwritten poems, tracts, or treatises, often consisting 
of several pages bound together. "Pamphleteer," which can be both a noun and a 
verb, combines "pamphlet" with the "-eer" suffix found in such words as 
"engineer" and "puppeteer." 





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