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enfeloned

/ɪnˈfɛlənd/

enfeloned adjective: rendered fierce or frantic. Also the simple past and past participle of enfelon.

Adjective

enfeloned (comparative more enfeloned, superlative most enfeloned)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) Rendered fierce or frantic.
    • Out of her fist the wicked weapon caught: / With that like one enfelon'd or distraught,1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 48

Also used as

enfeloned is also the simple past and past participle of enfelon.

Forms of enfeloned

comparativemore enfeloned
superlativemost enfeloned

Origin of enfeloned

Calque of Old French enfelonné, past participle of enfelonner (“to irritate; to anger”).

Questions about enfeloned

What does enfeloned mean?
Enfeloned means rendered fierce or frantic.
What part of speech is enfeloned?
Enfeloned is an adjective.
How do you pronounce enfeloned?
Enfeloned is pronounced /ɪnˈfɛlənd/.

Words near enfeloned in the dictionary

  1. enfeeblers
  2. enfeebles
  3. enfeebling
  4. enfeeblished
  5. enfelon
  6. enfeloned
  7. enfemme
  8. enfeoff
  9. enfeoffed
  10. enfeoffedst
  11. enfeoffes

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