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mimeograph

mi·meog·raph

US/ˈmɪmiʌˌɡræf/ uncommon

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verb

1.

print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph

  • “She mimeographed the syllabus”
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Origin

A genericization from a trade name coined by A. B. Dick in 1889. From μῖμος (mîmos) + -γράφος (-gráphos); by surface analysis, mimeo + -graph (but diachronically, mimeo came from mimeograph, not the reverse).

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