headless Hear it!

headless definition

head·less (hed′lis)

adjective

  1. without a head; specif.,
    1. organically without a head; acephalous
    2. beheaded
  2. without a leader or director
  3. stupid; brainless

Etymology: ME hevedles < OE heafodleas

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.