caput
Americannoun
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
Young Oxenstjerna, haughty and violent, claimed, by right of birth and rank, to be caput legationis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
It boasts the highest per capita rate of industrial robot adoption in the world—more than six times the global average, according to the International Federation of Robotics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
In Soccernomics, Szymanski and co-author Simon Kuper found that countries typically need "a minimum annual average income per capita of $15,000 to win anything".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Annual per capita beef consumption hit 59.3 pounds in 2025, the highest in 15 years.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
“There were more Indian people right where we’re sitting per capita than anywhere else in the entire New World outside Mexico City, which was the Aztec capital,” says Sarris.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 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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