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libelle

libelle noun: a pamphlet or book that slanders a public political figure.

Noun

libelle (plural libelles)

  1. (historical) A pamphlet or book that slanders a public political figure.
    • What sort of political work was the libelle of 1870 doing? The people already knew that Napoléon III was not infallible, since he had just been captured.2020, Collin Foss, The Culture of War - Literature of the Siege of Paris 1870-1871, →ISBN, page 193

Forms of libelle

plurallibelles

Origin of libelle

Borrowed from French libelle. Doublet of libel.

Questions about libelle

What does libelle mean?
Libelle means a pamphlet or book that slanders a public political figure.
What part of speech is libelle?
Libelle is a noun.
What is the plural of libelle?
The plural of libelle is libelles.

Words near libelle in the dictionary

  1. libella
  2. libellant
  3. libellants
  4. libellary
  5. libellas
  6. libelle
  7. libelled
  8. libellee
  9. libellees
  10. libeller
  11. libellers

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