felons

noun

a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail

someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

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The word felons breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root felon-, from Latin fello (“villain, evildoer”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.