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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
acephalous /eɪˈsɛf(ə)ləs, -ˈkɛf-/

▶adjective

1 without a head.

2 Prosody lacking syllables in the first foot.

– origin C18: via med. L. from Gk akephalos ‘headless’ + -ous.

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