Word: Acephalous
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
early 18th century: via French and medieval Latin from Greek akephalos ‘headless’ (from a- ‘without’ + kephalē ‘head’) + -ous
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
eɪˈsɛfələs
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
eɪˈkɛfələs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
not having a head
Short Definition:lacking head
Examples:- an acephalous skeleton
Definition:
(typically of a hexameter beginning with a short syllable) lacking a syllable or syllables in the first foot.
Short Definition:lacking syllable or syllables in first foot
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