Etymology

caput mortuum

Today it means: Worthless residue of sublimation or distillation. Full definition →

Latin caput mortuum
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromcaput mortuum
  2. English todaycaput mortuum

Unadapted borrowing from Latin caput mortuum (literally “dead head”).

Words from the same roots

Latincaput mortuum all →

deadhead

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