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whitlow
English
Etymology
Alteration of whitflaw, the first element coming from either Dutch vijt or Low German fit (“abscess”). See flaw.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /???t.lo?/, /?w?t.lo?/
Noun
whitlow (plural whitlows)
- An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.
Synonyms
- nimpingang (UK dialect, archaic)
- paronychia
- wicklow (common misspelling in some regions)
Coordinate terms
- agnail, hangnail
Translations
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “whitlow”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
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felon
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: f?l'?n, IPA(key): /?f?l?n/
- Rhymes: -?l?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English felun, feloun, from Anglo-Norman felun (“traitor, wretch”), from Medieval Latin fell?, from Frankish *fell? (“wicked person”), from Proto-Germanic *fillô, *filjô (“flayer, whipper, scoundrel”), from Proto-Germanic *faluz (“cruel, evil”) (compare English fell (“fierce”), Middle High German v?lant (“imp”)), related to *fellan? (compare Dutch villen, German fillen (“to whip, beat”), both from Proto-Indo-European *pelh?- (“to stir, move, swing”) (compare Old Irish ad·ella (“to seek”), di·ella (“to yield”), Umbrian pelsatu (“to overcome, conquer”), Latin pell? (“to drive, beat”), Latvian lijuôs, pl?tiês (“to force, impose”), Ancient Greek ????? (pélas, “near”), ???????? (pílnamai, “I approach”), Old Armenian ??????? (halacem, “I pursue”).
Noun
felon (plural felons)
- A person who has committed a felony.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, James Nisbet & Company (1902), Book 3, Chapter 6, page 340:
- Looking at the Jury and the turbulent audience, he might have thought that the usual order of things was reversed, and that the felons were trying the honest men.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, James Nisbet & Company (1902), Book 3, Chapter 6, page 340:
- (law) A person who has been tried and convicted of a felony.
- A wicked person.
Synonyms
- (one who has committed a felony): criminal; convict; malefactor; culprit
Related terms
- felonious
- felonize
- felony
Translations
Adjective
felon
- wicked; cruel
Etymology 2
Probably from Latin fel (“gall, poison”).
Noun
felon (plural felons)
- (medicine) A bacterial infection at the end of a finger or toe.
See also
- whitlow
References
- felon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- felon at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- flone
Esperanto
Noun
felon
- accusative singular of felo
Old French
Alternative forms
- felun, feloun, felloun
Etymology
From Medieval Latin fell?, from Frankish *fell? (“evildoer”).
Noun
felon m (oblique plural felons, nominative singular felons, nominative plural felon)
- evildoer; wrongdoer
- immoral person
Declension
Adjective
felon m (oblique and nominative feminine singular felone)
- bastard; idiot (a general pejorative)
- evil; bad; immoral
Declension
Related terms
- felonie
Descendants
- Middle French: felon
- French: félon
- Norman: fflon
- Picard: fèlôn
- ? Middle Dutch: fel, felle (reborrowing)
- ? Middle English: felun, feloun
- Scots: felloun
- English: felon
- ? Scots: felon, fellin
- ? Galician: felón
- ? Spanish: felón
References
Romanian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic ?????? (felon?), from Ancient Greek ???????? (phelónion).
Noun
felon n (plural feloane)
- cape worn by the priest over the liturgical garments
Declension
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