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headless

Adjektivin Dialogen belegt

  • //ˈhɛdləs//

Without a head (body part). Synonym of decapitated.

Adjektiv

  1. 1

    Without a head (body part). Synonym of decapitated.

    How did the headless horseman see to chase Ichabod?

  2. 2

    Without a head (body part). Naturally having and needing no head.

    headless invertebrates

  3. 3

    Without a head (hardware or device feature).

    a headless nail; a headless set screw

  4. 4

    Without leadership.

    The headless army blundered along after the death of their general, accomplishing nothing.

    His forsaken soldiers, being now a headless company, and no longer an army to be feared, obtained nevertheless a reasonable composition from the Carthaginians […]

  5. 5

    Not having a head morpheme or word.

  6. 6

    Running without a graphical user interface; running without any attached output device (e.g., monitor) or input device (e.g., keyboard, mouse).

    /redirect. Used for console redirection in headless servers.

    Routers typically run headless, without a keyboard or monitor.

    This is not unexpected for a Windows system running as a virtual machine or a headless server,[…]

  7. 7

    Without a head of foam.

  8. 8

    veraltetHeedless.

    1579, E. K. (Edward Kirke?), Notes on Spenser’s The Shepheardes Calender If 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.

    THENOT: Cuddy, I wot thou kenſt little Good, / So vainly to advance thy headleſs Hood.

  9. 9

    veraltetRimless, not having a cartridge case rim (flange).

    A headless shell doesn't have a flange.

Herkunft

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”). Piecewise doublet of chefless and chiefless.

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