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单词 centicipitous
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centicipitousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin centicipit- , centiceps , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin centicipit-, centiceps having a hundred heads ( < centum hundred (see centum n.2) + caput head: see caput n.) + -ous suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
That has a hundred heads; hundred-headed.Chiefly recorded in dictionaries.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Centicipitous,..having an 100 Heads. [Also in later dictionaries.]
1882 Chronicle (Univ. Michigan) 27 May 228/1 The centicipitous monster, of him we now write.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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