- héafodléas
- adj headless
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
héafodléas
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headless — headlessness, n. /hed lis/, adj. 1. without a head. 2. having the head cut off; beheaded. 3. having no leader or chief; leaderless. 4. foolish; stupid: a headless argument. [bef. 1000; ME he(ve)dles, OE heafodleas. See HEAD, LESS] * * * … Universalium
headless — /ˈhɛdləs/ (say hedluhs) adjective 1. having no head; deprived of the head. 2. without a leader or chief. 3. foolish; stupid. {Middle English he(ve)dles, Old English hēafodlēas. See less} …
headless — [hed′lis] adj. [ME hevedles < OE heafodleas] 1. without a head; specif., a) organically without a head; acephalous b) beheaded 2. without a leader or director 3. stupid; brainless … English World dictionary
head|less — «HEHD lihs», adjective. 1. having no head: »a broken, headless doll. 2. Figurative. without a leader: »Headless, the Hittite civilization survived for another 500 years…in several Asia Minor city states (Newsweek). 3. without brains; foolish;… … Useful english dictionary
