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
He was forced to go through every division, resolution, composition, and refinement of political chemistry before he happily arrived at the caput mortuum of vitriol in your grace.
From Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence by Joel Moody
Banner-University Medical Center anchors an excellent healthcare system that features a high ratio of primary-care doctors per capita.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
The city’s Economic Development Corporation says the city has roughly 1.5 square feet of grocery space per capita, compared with roughly 5-10 square feet elsewhere in the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
GDP per capita is in decline, due to more than six million Afghans arriving from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan in three years, while the World Bank estimated real growth reaching 4.8 percent.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Despite Australia being one of the wealthiest countries per capita in the world and having more than its fair share of world-leading scientists… we have a truly awful record of conserving species," Ritchie says.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Offered in a year in which the average per capita income in the United States was $432, Strub’s purse caused a national sensation.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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