felon

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: fĕlʹən, IPA(key): /ˈfɛlən/ Rhymes: -ɛlən Hyphenation: fel‧on === Etymology 1 === The adjective is derived from Middle English feloun, felun (“base, wicked; hostile; of an animal: dangerous; of words: angry, harsh, slanderous; of things: dangerous, deadly; false, fraudulent; unlucky”) [and other forms], from Old French felon (“bad, evil, immoral”) (compare fel (“evil; despicable, vile”)), from Early Medieval Latin fellōnem; further etymology uncertain. Doublet of fell (“of a strong and cruel nature; fierce; grim; ruthless, savage”). Etymology 1 sense 3 (“obtained through a felony”) is derived from the noun. The noun is derived from Middle English feloun, felun (“criminal, specifically one who has committed a felony, felon; cruel, hostile, violent, etc., person; deceiver; evildoer, monster, sinner; traitor; bold or fierce warrior; deceit, falseness; wickedness, wrongdoing; treachery”) [and other forms], from feloun, felun (adjective): see above. ==== Adjective ==== felon (chiefly poetic) Of a person or animal, their actions, thoughts, etc.: brutal, cruel, harsh, heartless; also, evil, wicked. (by extension) Of a place: harsh, savage, wild; of a thing: deadly; harmful. (obsolete, rare) Obtained through a felony; stolen. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== felon (plural felons) (criminal law) A person who has committed a felony (“serious criminal offence”); specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime. (obsolete) An evil or wicked person; also (by extension) a predatory animal regarded as cruel or wicked. ===== Hypernyms ===== (one who has committed a felony): criminal, (if convicted) convict, culprit, malefactor ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== felonize felony ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English feloun, felone (“type of carbuncle or sore with pus; swelling on a hawk’s body”), possibly from Old French *felon, from Latin fel (“bile, gall; bitterness; poison; venom”): see etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== felon (plural felons) (pathology, veterinary medicine) A small infected sore; an abscess, a boil; specifically, a whitlow (“infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail”). ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === felony on Wikipedia.Wikipedia whitlow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “felon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “felon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === flone == Esperanto == === Noun === felon accusative singular of felo == Old French == === Alternative forms === felun, feloun, felloun === Etymology === From Early Medieval Latin fellōnem. The subject case is fel, from the nominative fellō. === Noun === felon oblique singular, m (oblique plural felons, nominative singular fel, nominative plural felon) evildoer, wrongdoer immoral person bastard, idiot (a general pejorative) ==== Usage notes ==== In later Old French, 'felon' was also used as nominative singular. === Adjective === felon m (oblique and nominative feminine singular felone) evil, bad, immoral cruel, vicious vile, despicable ==== Declension ==== This entry needs an inflection-table template. === Related terms === felonie === Descendants === Middle French: felon French: félon Norman: fflon Picard: fèlôn → Middle English: felun, feloun Scots: felloun English: felon → Scots: felon, fellin → Galician: felón → Spanish: felón === References === == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic фелонь (felonĭ), from Ancient Greek φελόνιον (phelónion). === Noun === felon n (plural feloane) cape worn by the priest over the liturgical garments ==== Declension ====