Definition of Acephelous
A*ceph"a*lous (&?;), a. [See Acephal.]
1. Headless.
2. (Zoöl.) Without a distinct head; --
a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
3. (Bot.) Having the style spring from the
base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain
ovaries.
4. Without a leader or chief.
5. Wanting the beginning.
A false or acephalous structure of sentence.
De Quincey.
6. (Pros.) Deficient and the beginning, as a
line of poetry. Brande.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
ACEPHALOUS, adj. In the surprising condition of the Crusader who
absently pulled at his forelock some hours after a Saracen scimitar
had, unconsciously to him, passed through his neck, as related by de
Joinville.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- Headless
- (Zoölogy): Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
- (Botany): Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
- Without a leader or chief.
- Wanting the beginning
Quotations
*A false or acephalous structure of sentence. - De Quincey
- (Prosody): Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable - Brande
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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