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libelous

 [lahy-buh-luhs]  

li·bel·ous

   [lahy-buh-luhs]
adjective
containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
Also, especially British, li·bel·lous.

Origin:
1610–20; libel + -ous

Related forms
li·bel·ous·ly; especially British, li·bel·lous·ly, adverb
non·li·bel·ous, adjective
non·li·bel·ous·ly, adverb
un·li·bel·lous, adjective
un·li·bel·lous·ly, adverb
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un·li·bel·ous, adjective
un·li·bel·ous·ly, adverb
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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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