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单词 famous libel
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famous libel
4. A leaflet, bill, or pamphlet posted up or publicly circulated; spec. one assailing or defaming the character of some person (in early use more fully, famous libel = Law Latin libellus famosus).
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > a libel
libel1521
cartel1590
word1684
scandal1838
society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publishing or spreading by leaflets or notices > [noun] > leafleting > leaflet for public distribution > of defamatory nature
libel1521
1521 Bp. Longland in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 253 Suche famous lybells and bills as be sett uppe in night tymes upon Chirche doores.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1240/1 The bishops..durst not openlie publish the excommunication of the king, but secretlie cast libels about the high waies, which gaue notice therof.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 33 Plots haue I laid..By drunken Prophesies, libels and dreames, To set my brother Clarence and the King In deadly hate. View more context for this quotation
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 94 Who when he turned his backe (more like a Pedant then an Ambassadour) dispersed a bitter Libell, in Latine Verse, against the King.
1689–90 A. Wood Life 12 Mar. Two malitious fellowes were found sticking up a libell reflecting on the fast.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 113 Cheap, senseless Libels were scatter'd about the City,..traducing..Those who were in highest trust.
1716 A. Pope Further Acct. E. Curll 7 Singeing a Pig with a new purchas'd Libel.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xi. 188 He scattered libels through their camp.
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