libelle

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libelle

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Borrowed from French libelle. Doublet of libel.

noun libelles

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.

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@misc{libelle_2026,
  title = {libelle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/libelle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}