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mimeograph.

A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.

    historical
  2. A copy produced by such a machine.

Where this word comes from

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).

verb
  1. To make mimeograph copies.

Where this word comes from

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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