libellous
bə adjective
containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
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libel (ˈlaɪbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | law |
| a. the publication of defamatory matter in permanent form, as by a written or printed statement, picture, etc | |
| b. the act of publishing such matter | |
| 2. | any defamatory or unflattering representation or statement |
| 3. | ecclesiastical law a claimant's written statement of claim |
| 4. | Scots law the formal statement of a charge |
| —vb , -bels, -belling, -belled, -bels, -beling, -beled | |
| 5. | law to make or publish a defamatory statement or representation about (a person) |
| 6. | to misrepresent injuriously |
| 7. | ecclesiastical law to bring an action against (a person) in the ecclesiastical courts |
| [C13 (in the sense: written statement), hence C14 legal sense: a plaintiff's statement, via Old French from Latin libellus a little book, from liber a book] | |
| 'libeller | |
| —n | |
| 'libelist | |
| —n | |
| 'libellous | |
| —adj | |
| 'libelous | |
| —adj | |
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| libel (ˈlaɪbəl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | law |
| a. the publication of defamatory matter in permanent form, as by a written or printed statement, picture, etc | |
| b. the act of publishing such matter | |
| 2. | any defamatory or unflattering representation or statement |
| 3. | ecclesiastical law a claimant's written statement of claim |
| 4. | Scots law the formal statement of a charge |
| —vb , -bels, -belling, -belled, -bels, -beling, -beled | |
| 5. | law to make or publish a defamatory statement or representation about (a person) |
| 6. | to misrepresent injuriously |
| 7. | ecclesiastical law to bring an action against (a person) in the ecclesiastical courts |
| [C13 (in the sense: written statement), hence C14 legal sense: a plaintiff's statement, via Old French from Latin libellus a little book, from liber a book] | |
| 'libeller | |
| —n | |
| 'libelist | |
| —n | |
| 'libellous | |
| —adj | |
| 'libelous | |
| —adj | |
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