Felon

fel′on, n. one guilty of felony: a convict: a wicked person: an inflamed sore.— adj. wicked or cruel.— adj. Felō′nious , wicked: depraved: done with the deliberate intention to commit crime.— adv. Felō′niously .— n. Felō′niousne , the quality of being felonious.— adj. Fel′onous ( Spens. ), felonious.— ns. Fel′onry , a body of felons; Fel′ony , ( orig. ) a crime punished by total forfeiture of lands, .: a grave crime, beyond a misdemeanour, as that punishable by penal servitude or death. [O. Fr.,—Low L. fellonem , fello , a traitor, prob. L. fel , gall.]