Word: acephalous
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: a
ceph
a
lous
Definition: Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable
Morphemes:
Affix: a-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Forming words with the sense of wholly, or utterly out.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ex-
Language: la
Decoded: ex-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: out, away
Affix: -cephalous
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: head