Meanings
- not comparableOf, pertaining to, or exhibiting anencephaly.
- not comparableslangStupid; brainless.
1 more example
If Rita Mae Brown were an exceptional writer, I might be more willing to give an ear to her pontificating […] But even as a pulp writer, Brown will have to treat lesbians as more than a bunch of anencephalic semi-literates who will sanctify her name forevermore. We have to have the guts to say, "Keep editing, Rita Mae; paper is cheap and we expect better!"
1988 December 11, Susana Darwin, “Keep Editing, Rita Mae”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 10
plural anencephalics
- A person, especially a fetus or newborn, affected by anencephaly.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecharacterized by partial or total absence of a brain
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Polish anencefaliczny
- anencefalicznypertaining to or exhibiting anencephaly
Portuguese anencefálico
- anencefálicopertaining to or exhibiting anencephaly
Cite this entry
anencephalic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anencephalic
“anencephalic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anencephalic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anencephalic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anencephalic.
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