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Thursday, December 9, 2004

⁴Fell

Pronunciation: ‘fel

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English fel, from Middle French, from Old French — more at FELON

1 a : FIERCE, CRUEL, TERRIBLE b : SINISTER, MALEVOLENT (a fell purpose) c : very destructive : DEADLY (a fell disease)

2 Scottish : SHARP, PUNGENT

- fell·ness noun

- fel·ly /’fel-lE/ adverb

- at one fell swoop or in one fell swoop : all at once, also : with a single concentrated effort

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