ex libris

1. 1.

   a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted

   Synonymsbookplate

   Broadergummed label

Questions about ex libris

What does ex libris mean?

ex libris means "a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted".

What is another word for ex libris?

Close synonyms include bookplate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ex libris a common word?

ex libris is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.