three-headedadj.
/ˈθriːˌhɛdɪd/ Having three heads.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > having many heads or faces
triple-headed1581
two-headed1596
thousand-headed1599
polycephalous1659
septi-fronteda1708
three-headed1905
c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) ix. 67 Triceps, þryheafdede.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 300 He highyt vnto helle yates, A þre hedet hounde in his honnd coght.
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vii. f. 83v And thou three headed Hecate.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 359 The dog three-headed, by the gates of woe.
1905 W. T. Pilter tr. König Bible & Babylon 116 The woman was first tempted by the three-headed Serpent.
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