caput
Americannoun
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capita
plural
noun
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anatomy a technical name for the head
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the main or most prominent part of an organ or structure
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of caput
1640–50; < Latin: head
Example Sentences
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I think his royal career is pretty well caput.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2021
By day’s end Cole was shelled for seven runs and the Yankees season is essentially caput after a final score of 11-1.
From Fox News ● Sep. 19, 2021
Zeijdel says that Roald Smeets acquired the Tower Records brand back in 2007, in an auction after the original Tower went caput.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2021
Which means, with a majority of 246, any would-be speaker can’t lose more than 28 votes or they’re caput.
From Time ● Oct. 4, 2015
And the king and these three estates, together, form the great corporation or body politic of the kingdom, of which the king is said to be caput, principium, et finis.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Sir William Blackstone
The province has the highest GDP per capita in the country, and it contributes billions a year to the federal tax pool because of its strong economy.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Germany’s annual per capita consumption of traditional beer has fallen about 40% since 1990 to 77 liters now — an alarming development for an industry whose origins reach back to the Middle Ages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
It hopes staying in China, where per capita blueberry consumption remains below the U.S. and Europe, will still pay off in the long term, and said it sees an opportunity for sustained investment and growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
South Korea -- which had a GDP per capita below $100 in the wake of its 1950-1953 war -- is now the world's 15th largest economy, according to the IMF.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
In a population of about eleven million, the country boasted more doctors per capita than any other country in the world, and twice as many per capita as the United States.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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