Felon
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fel·on1 
[fel-uhn] Pronunciation Key
[fel-uhn] Pronunciation Key –noun
–adjective
| 1. | Law. a person who has committed a felony. |
| 2. | Archaic. a wicked person. |
| 3. | Archaic. wicked; malicious; treacherous. |
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME fel(o)un wicked < AF; OF fel (nom.), felun (obl.) wicked person, traitor, perh. < Old Low Franconian *fillo, n. corresponding to OS fillian to ill-treat, whip, MD villen to flay, OHG fillen to beat, whip; cf. fell3]
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fel·on2
[fel-uhn] Pronunciation Key
[fel-uhn] Pronunciation Key –noun
| an acute and painful inflammation of the deeper tissues of a finger or toe, usually near the nail: a form of whitlow. |
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME felo(u)n < ML fellōn- (s. of fellō) scrofulous tumor, of uncert. orig.]
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| fel·on 1
(fěl'ən) Pronunciation Key
n.
adj. Archaic Evil; cruel. [Middle English feloun, from Old French felon, wicked, a wicked person, from Medieval Latin fellō, fellōn-, possibly of Germanic origin.] |
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| fel·on 2
(fěl'ən) Pronunciation Key
n. A painful purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail. Also called whitlow. [Middle English feloun, probably from Latin fel, gall, bile; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
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felon
felon
1297, from O.Fr. felon "wicked person, traitor, rebel," from M.L. fellonem "evil-doer," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Frank. *fillo, *filljo "person who whips or beats, scourger" (cf. O.H.G. fillen "to whip"); or from L. fel "gall, poison," on the notion of "one full of bitterness." Another theory (advanced by Professor R. Atkinson of Dublin) traces it to L. fellare "to suck" (see fecund), which had an obscene secondary meaning in classical L. (well-known to readers of Martial and Catullus), which would make a felon etymologically a "cock-sucker." OED inclines toward the "gall" explanation, but finds Atkinson's "most plausible" of the others. Felony is c.1290.
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| felon | |
noun | |
| 1. | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime [syn: criminal] |
| 2. | a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail |
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Felon
Fell\, a. [OE. fel, OF. fel cruel, fierce, perfidious; cf. AS. fel (only in comp.) OF. fel, as a noun also accus. felon, is fr. LL. felo, of unknown origin; cf. Arm fall evil, Ir. feal, Arm. falloni treachery, Ir. & Gael. feall to betray; or cf. OHG. fillan to flay, torment, akin to E. fell skin. Cf. Felon.]1. Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous. While we devise fell tortures for thy faults. --Shak. 2. Eager; earnest; intent. [Obs.] I am so fell to my business. --Pepys.
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Felon
Fel"lon\, n. Variant of Felon. [Obs.] Those two were foes the fellonest on ground. --Spenser.
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