SINCE 1828
ex libris
noun
ex li·bris
| \ eks-ˈlē-brəs
, -ˌbrēs\
, -ˌbrēs\
plural ex libris
Definition of ex libris
: a book owner's identification label that is usually pasted to the inside front cover of a book : bookplate
On the inside of the covers appears that plate with the fat chicken wearing glasses, hatching a closed book. Yehiel explained to me that that was his father's ex libris …— Meir Shalev
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