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acephalous

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10 lettersPronunciation /əˈsɛfələs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aacehlopsuStarts with AEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. lacking a head or a clearly defined head

Word origin

From French acéphale, from Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos, “headless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). By surface analysis, a- + -cephalous.

Used in a sentence

  • “But tell me, my Dea—my Psyche!— (With your wings outspread as to race With that swift and acephalous Nike Who lost her bean somewhere in Thrace)—
  • an acephalous society / community
  • A very brief acephalous interim followed the death of the dark Dictator.

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