felo-de-se Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who kills himself intentionally
    suicide.
  2. noun an act of deliberate self destruction

WordNet

Fe"lo-de-se` noun
Etymology
LL. felo, E. felon + de of, concerning + se self.
Wordforms
plural Felos-de-se
Definitions
  1. (Law) One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious act; a suicide. Burrill.

Webster 1913