Efthmios
How interesting. The Concise Oxford Dictionary entry for
the word felon links it with anti-social violence, but says
"Medieval Latin, of unknown origin". Curiously, the COD
entry for cope (meaning number two) links that word also
with violence by tracing its earliest origins to
"L f.Gk kolaphos - blow with fist".
Ron Hornsby
> I don't know whether there were any "felonious monks" around when
> Thelonious' mother came up with his name but, if she had found herself
> in a Greek Orthodox church, she might as well have heard a priest call
> at a monk: "felonio, monk!" i.e. "get my cope, monk".
>
> Regards,
> Efthimios
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