caput
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/kəˈpʊt/
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/kəˈpʊt/ · /ˈkæp.ət/
Definition of caput
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- The head.
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noun
- The head.
- A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.
- The top or superior part of a thing.
- (UK)The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis)Ellipsis of caput succedaneum.
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin caput (“the head”). Doublet of cape, capo, chef, and chief, and distantly of head and Howth.
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