FELO-DE-SE


Meaning of FELO-DE-SE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfe-lō-də-ˈsā, -ˈsē ]

noun

( plural fe·lo·nes-de-se fə-ˌlō-(ˌ)nēz-də- ; or felos-de-se ˌfe-lōz-də-)

Etymology: Medieval Latin felo de se, fello de se, literally, evildoer in respect to oneself

Date: 1607

1. : a person who commits suicide or who dies from the effects of having committed an unlawful malicious act

2. : an act of deliberate self-destruction : suicide

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.