acephalic

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acephalic

adjective

not comparable Without a head. an acephalic statue
Similar: acephalous, headless
dated, not comparable, of a headache Characterized by a migraine aura without pain.
not comparable Without a leader. an acephalic society
Similar: acephalous, leaderless
not comparable Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable. The acephalic pentameters yield to tetrameters with a starting dactyl or anapest […]
Similar: acephalous
not comparable Lacking the first portion of the text. (of a manuscript) All the texts, with the exception of the acephalic Homiletic Fragment I, begin with a large, plain capital letter […]
Similar: acephalous

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@misc{acephalic_2026,
  title = {acephalic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/acephalic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}