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fell

3  [fel]
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–adjective
1. fierce; cruel; dreadful; savage.
2. destructive; deadly: fell poison; fell disease.
—Idiom
3. at or in one fell swoop. swoop (def. 5).
Origin:
1250–1300; ME fel < OF, nom. of felon wicked. See felon

Related forms:
fellness, noun
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Word Origin & History

fell  (adj.)
c.1275, from O.Fr. fel "cruel, fierce," from M.L. fello "villain" (see felon). Phrase at one fell swoop is from "Macbeth."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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