Obs. rare–1. [a. F. felonie (16th c.), f. felon of same meaning (see Cotgr.).] Cholera.
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, II. lxxiv. 246. The cholerique passion otherwise called the felonie [Fr. la colerique passion aultrement dicte felonie], that is, when one doth vomit continually.
