# mimeograph

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.
2. A copy produced by such a machine.

## 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).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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