paperbacked

English

Etymology

From paper +‎ backed.

Adjective

paperbacked (not comparable)

  1. Having the sort of flexible binding characteristic of a paperback book.
    • 1935 January 20, “Dickensian”, in New York Times, retrieved 14 Apr. 2009:
      He has literary leanings, is reading Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, buying each volume as he can, in a paperbacked edition.

Verb

paperbacked

  1. simple past and past participle of paperback

Synonyms

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