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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈhɛdləs/
Rhymes: -ɛdləs Etymology: From Middle English heedles, hevedles, from Old English hēafodlēas (“headless”), equivalent to head + -less. Cognate with Dutch hoofdloos (“headless”), Danish hovedløs (“headless”), Swedish huvudlös (“headless”), Icelandic höfuðlaus (“headless”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kap-}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*kap-|id1=head}}, {{inh|en|enm|heedles}} Middle English heedles, {{inh|en|ang|hēafodlēas|t=headless}} Old English hēafodlēas (“headless”), {{af|en|head|-less}} head + -less, {{cog|nl|hoofdloos|t=headless}} Dutch hoofdloos (“headless”), {{cog|da|hovedløs|t=headless}} Danish hovedløs (“headless”), {{cog|sv|huvudlös|t=headless}} Swedish huvudlös (“headless”), {{cog|is|höfuðlaus|t=headless}} Icelandic höfuðlaus (“headless”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} headless (not comparable)
  1. Without a head (body part).
    Synonym of decapitated.
    Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: beheaded, deheaded, decapitated [synonym, synonym-of]
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  2. Without a head (body part).
    Naturally having and needing no head.
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-headless-en-adj-tqXk~ohT Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  3. Without a head (hardware or device feature). Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: unheaded#Adjective
    Sense id: en-headless-en-adj--htTFExR Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  4. Without leadership. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: leaderless
    Sense id: en-headless-en-adj-ses-9d9d
  5. (linguistics, of a phrase or compound) Not having a head morpheme or word. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-headless-en-adj-flrwNkC7 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  6. (computing) Running without a graphical user interface; running without any attached output device (e.g., monitor) or input device (e.g., keyboard, mouse). Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing
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  7. (of beer) Without a head of foam. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-headless-en-adj-Qk1yB6DA
  8. (obsolete) Heedless. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-headless-en-adj-ilelkRzv
  9. (obsolete, firearms) Rimless, not having a cartridge case rim (flange). Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Categories (topical): Firearms
    Sense id: en-headless-en-adj-71Lh4LIu Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (without a head): ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos) (Ancient Greek), acèfal (Catalan), 無頭的 (Chinese Mandarin), 无头的 (wútóu de) (Chinese Mandarin), bezhlavý [masculine] (Czech), senkapa (Esperanto), päätön (Finnish), sans tête [feminine, masculine] (French), acéphale [feminine, masculine] (French), décapité [masculine] (French), kopflos (German), ακέφαλος (akéfalos) [masculine] (Greek), senkapa (Ido), begalvis (Lithuanian), heedles (Middle English), bezgłowy (Polish), acéfalo (Portuguese), безголо́вый (bezgolóvyj) (Russian), обезгла́вленный (obezglávlennyj) (Russian), heidless (Scots), безглав [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), bezglav [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), başsız (Turkish), di-ben (Welsh)
Derived forms: headless browser, headless genitive, Headless Horseman, headless horseman, Headless Horsewoman, headless horsewoman, headlessly, headlessness, headless over heels, like a headless chicken, run around like a headless chicken Disambiguation of 'without a head': 21 21 20 10 3 7 18 0 0

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "21 21 20 10 3 7 18 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "21 21 20 10 3 7 18 0 0",
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}
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          "text": "His forsaken soldiers, being now a headless company, and no longer an army to be feared, obtained nevertheless a reasonable composition from the Carthaginians […]",
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        "Without leadership."
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        "(linguistics, of a phrase or compound) Not having a head morpheme or word."
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          "ref": "2007, Carla Schroder, Linux Networking Cookbook, O’Reilly Media, published 2008, →ISBN, page 47:",
          "text": "Routers typically run headless, without a keyboard or monitor.",
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Charles Bell et al., MySQL High Availability: Tools for Building Robust Data Centers, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 278:",
          "text": "This is not unexpected for a Windows system running as a virtual machine or a headless server[…]",
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        "(computing) Running without a graphical user interface; running without any attached output device (e.g., monitor) or input device (e.g., keyboard, mouse)."
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        "Without a head of foam."
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        "(of beer) Without a head of foam."
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          "text": "1579, E. K. (Edward Kirke?), Notes on Spenser’s The Shepheardes Calender\nIf any one will rashly blame such his choice of old and unwonted words, him may I more justly blame and condemn, either of witless headiness in judging, or of headless hardiness in condemning."
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          "text": "THENOT: Cuddy, I wot thou kenſt little Good, / So vainly to advance thy headleſs Hood.",
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        "Heedless."
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        "(obsolete) Heedless."
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      "ipa": "/ˈhɛdləs/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛdləs"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "without a head",
      "word": "acèfal"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "without a head",
      "word": "無頭的"
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      "word": "无头的"
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      "sense": "without a head",
      "word": "senkapa"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "without a head",
      "word": "päätön"
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      "sense": "without a head",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "without a head",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "without a head",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "décapité"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without a head",
      "word": "kopflos"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "akéfalos",
      "sense": "without a head",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ακέφαλος"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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      "sense": "without a head",
      "word": "ἀκέφαλος"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "without a head",
      "word": "senkapa"
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    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "without a head",
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      "word": "heedles"
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      "word": "bezgłowy"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "without a head",
      "word": "acéfalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezgolóvyj",
      "sense": "without a head",
      "word": "безголо́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obezglávlennyj",
      "sense": "without a head",
      "word": "обезгла́вленный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "without a head",
      "word": "heidless"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "without a head",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "безглав"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "without a head",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "without a head",
      "word": "başsız"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "without a head",
      "word": "di-ben"
    }
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}

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