Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Formed without a head.
- adjective Decapitated.
- adjective Lacking a leader or director.
- adjective Lacking intelligence and prudence; stupid or foolish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no head; acephalous; acranial: as, the headless mollusks; headless vertebrates.
- Destitute of a chief or leader.
- Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having no head; beheaded.
- adjective Destitute of a chief or leader.
- adjective obsolete Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate; mindless.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Without a
head ;decapitated . - adjective Without a
head in the sense ofleadership . - adjective linguistics Not having a
head morpheme or word. - adjective computing Running without a
user interface ; specifically, running without amonitor ,keyboard , andmouse . - adjective of beer Without a
head of foam. - adjective obsolete Destitute of
understanding orprudence ;foolish ;rash .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not having a head or formed without a head
- adjective not using intelligence
Etymologies
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From Anglo-Saxon, equivalent to head + -less.
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vanishedone commented on the word headless
In the context of 'Running Old Desktops Headless?' it seems to mean 'without a monitor', although I had a momentary vision of a headless horseman calling tech support.
September 6, 2009