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anencephalic en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting anencephaly.
  2. (not-comparable, slang) Stupid; brainless.
    • If Rita Mae Brown were an exceptional writer, I might be more willing to give an ear to her pontificating […] But even as a pulp writer, Brown will have to treat lesbians as more than a bunch of anencephalic semi-literates who will sanctify her name forevermore. We have to have the guts to say, "Keep editing, Rita Mae; paper is cheap and we expect better!" 1988 December 11, Susana Darwin, “Keep Editing, Rita Mae”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 10:

anencephalic en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A person, especially a fetus or newborn, affected by anencephaly.

Forms

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anencephalics Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (2)

pt anencefálico (pertaining to or exhibiting anencephaly) · pl anencefaliczny (pertaining to or exhibiting anencephaly)