English
libelee
From libel + -ee.
A compound of libel + -ee
Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- ‘to peel, cut off, harm’
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Latin liber ‘book’
Latin libellus ‘petition’
Old French libelle
Middle English libel ‘a litigant's statement of complaint, or list…’
English libel
Today it means
noun The party against which a libel (hostile handbill) has been filed by a libelant.
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Etymograph / libelee