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headed

[ hed-id ]
/ ˈhɛd ɪd /
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adjective
having a heading or course.
shaped or grown into a head.
having the mentality, personality, emotional control, or quality specified, or possessing a specified number of heads (usually used in combination): a slow-headed student; a two-headed monster.
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Origin of headed

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at head, -ed3

OTHER WORDS FROM headed

un·head·ed, adjectivewell-headed, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for headed

headed
/ (ˈhɛdɪd) /

adjective
  1. having a head or heads
  2. (in combination)two-headed; bullet-headed
having a headingheaded notepaper
(in combination) having a mind or intellect as specifiedthickheaded
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