The Devil's Dictionary: Acephalous

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
ACCUSE
ACHIEVEMENT

ACEPHALOUS

-adj.

In the surprising condition of the Crusader who absently pulled at his forelock some hours after a Saracen scimitar had, unconsciously to him, passed through his neck, as related by de Joinville.

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