felo-de-se

[fel-oh-di-see, -sey]

noun, plural fe·lo·nes-de-se

[fel-uh-neez-di-see, -sey, fuh-loh-neez-] , fe·los-de-se

[fel-ohz-di-see, -sey] .

a person who commits suicide or commits an unlawful malicious act resulting in his or her own death.

the act of suicide.

Origin:
1645–55; < Anglo-Latin, equivalent to felō a felon + dē in respect to, of + sē oneself

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WordNet

felo-de-se
noun
1.	a person who kills himself intentionally [syn: suicide]
2.	an act of deliberate self destruction

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