Meaning

5 senses
  1. (not comparable)Without a head.

    an acephalic statue

  2. (dated, not comparable)Characterized by a migraine aura without pain.

  3. (not comparable)Without a leader.

    an acephalic society

  4. (not comparable)Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.

  5. (not comparable)Lacking the first portion of the text. (of a manuscript)

Origin

Middle French céphaliquebor.

Middle French céphaliquebor.

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