English Explanatory Dictionary

mimeograph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.
  2. A copy produced by such a machine.
verb
  1. To make mimeograph copies.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

mimeograph mimeographs mimeographing mimeographed

Etymology

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).

Synonyms

stencil duplicator

Related words

homeograph homeography mimeo

Derived words

mimeographer mimeographic mimeographical mimeographically mimeographist mimeography
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