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libelous

adj
/ˈlaɪ.bəl.əs/UK

Etymology

From libel + -ous.

  1. inherited from libel
  2. suffixed as libelous — “libel + ous”

Definitions

  1. Defamatory, libeling, referring to something that causes harm to someone's reputation…

    Defamatory, libeling, referring to something that causes harm to someone's reputation especially with malice or disregard.

    • The accusation was libelous, full of falsehoods, spite and malice.

  2. Meeting the legal standards for libel.

    • The court found the statement was not libelous because it was true.

The neighborhood

Derived

libelously

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at libelous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01libelous02malice03deprive04bereave05impairing06impair07negatively08damaging09harmful10injurious

A definitional loop anchored at libelous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at libelous

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA