FELL


Meaning of FELL in English

adj. poet. or rhet. 1 fierce, ruthless. 2 terrible, destructive. at (or in) one fell swoop in a single (orig. deadly) action.

[ ME f. OF fel f. Rmc FELON(1) ]

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