acephalous.
Having no head.
Meaning & usage
Having no head.
Without a distinct head.
Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
A system of society without centralised state authority, where power is welded amongst groups of community entities e.g. clans. Without a leader or chief.
an acephalous society / community
Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.
Lacking the first portion of the text. (of a manuscript)
Without a beginning.
Where this word comes from
From French acéphale, from Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos, “headless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). By surface analysis, a- + -cephalous.
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