libelle

A pamphlet or book that slanders a public political figure.

Noun

  1. 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 NapolĂ©on III was not infallible, since he had just been captured. - 2020, Collin Foss, The Culture of War - Literature of the Siege...

Origin

Borrowed from French libelle. Doublet of libel.

Forms

libelles