Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

felo de se

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: felo de se
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A crime committed against oneself, in particular suicide.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[H]ow came the King by a povver vvhich the People are afraid to truſt and alvvays obliged to check? Such a povver could not be the gift of a vviſe People, neither can any povver vvhich needs checking be from God: yet the proviſion vvhich the conſtitution makes, ſuppoſes ſuch a povver to exiſt. But the proviſion is unequal to the taſk, the means either cannot, or vvill not accompliſh the end, and the vvhole affair is a Felo de ſe: […]"
"[T]ho' I made ſome occaſional attempts at felo de ſe; but as I did not find thoſe raſh actions anſvver, I left off killing myſelf very ſoon."
"The Varlet was not an ill-favoured knave; / A good deal like a Vulture in the face / With a hook nose and a Hawk’s eye which gave / A smart & sharper-looking sort of grace / To his whole aspect, which though rather grave / Was by no means so ugly as his case, / But that indeed was hopeless as can be— / Quite a poetic felony “de se.”—"

Etymology

From Latin felō (“felon”) dē (“of”) sē (“himself”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: fello

Usage

Inflected Forms

felos de se (plural)

Questions

What does felo de se mean?: A crime committed against oneself, in particular suicide.
Where does felo de se come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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