felo de se
felo de se noun: a crime committed against oneself, in particular suicide.
Noun
felo de se (countable and uncountable, plural felos de se)
- A crime committed against oneself, in particular suicide.
- [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...1775–1776 (date written), [Thomas Paine], “Of the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution”, in Common Sense; […], Philadelphia, Pa.: […] R[obert]...
- [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.1781, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Critic: Or A Tragedy Rehearsed […], London: […] T[homas] Becket, […], →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 38
felo de se meaning in Tamil
felo de se in Tamil
- பெலோடிசே
Forms of felo de se
| plural | felos de se |
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Origin of felo de se
From Latin felō (“felon”) dē (“of”) sē (“himself”).
Questions about felo de se
- What does felo de se mean?
- Felo de se means a crime committed against oneself, in particular suicide.
- What is felo de se in Tamil?
- Felo de se in Tamil is பெலோடிசே. See Felo de se meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is felo de se?
- Felo de se is a noun.
- What is the plural of felo de se?
- The plural of felo de se is felos de se.
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