Logic. A mnemonic word representing the fourth mood in the third figure of syllogisms, in which the major premiss is a universal negative, the minor premiss a universal affirmative, and the conclusion a particular negative.
1551. T. Wilson, Logike, H ij a. Fe. No vertue should be eschued. Lap. All vertue hath her wo with her. Ton. Therfore some wo shoulde not be eschued.
1741. Chambers, Cycl., Felapton, in Logick, one of the Moods of Syllogisms.
1827. Whately, Logic, ii. (ed. 2), 98. Felapton.
1871. trans. Taine’s Hist. Eng. Lit. (1873), I. 135. They still set their Barbara and Felapton, but only in the way of routine.
