/pay"peuhr bak'/ , n.
1. a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
adj.
2. (of a book) bound in a flexible paper cover: a paperback edition of Orwell's novel.
3. of, for, or pertaining to paperbacks: a paperback bookstore. Cf. hardcover .
Also, softcover; paperbound /pay"peuhr bownd'/ , softbound (for defs. 1, 2).
[ 1895-1900; PAPER + BACK 1 ]