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Word entry · 8 letters

headless

Best crossword clue

"Without a leader"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɛdləs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted adeehlssStarts with HEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. not having a head or formed without a head

Word origin

From Middle English heedles, hevedles, from Old English hēafodlēas (“headless”), equivalent to head + -less. Cognate with Dutch hoofdloos (“headless”), Danish hovedløs (“headless”), Swedish huvudlös (“headless”), Icelandic höfuðlaus (“headless”). Piecewise doublet of chefless and chiefless.

Used in a sentence

  • “How did the headless horseman see to chase Ichabod?”
  • “headless invertebrates”
  • “a headless nail; a headless set screw”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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