libelle

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noun

A pamphlet or book that slanders a public political figure.

OriginFrench libelle →
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Meanings

nounlibelle (plural libelles)

plural libelles

  1. historicalA 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

Origin

  1. Frenchlibelle
  2. Englishlibelle

Borrowed from French libelle. Doublet of libel.

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APA

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MLA

“libelle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/libelle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “libelle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/libelle.

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