ex libris

noun

ex li·bris | \ eks-ˈlē-brəs

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, -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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