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capitosus

capitosus 1 big-headed. b many-headed. ~us, mycelheafdode Ælf. Gl..  b est heresis cervix hydre capitosa, renascens / Herculis ad gladium Garl. Tri. Eccl. 67. 2 headstrong, rash, obstinate. b (of horse) refractory. 1334 profers quedam capitosa [a rash bet]: / nos debere premi nisi sint sine remige remi; / anno sub demi capud hinc spondes tibi demi (Vers.) FormOx 111; s1383 virum effrenem et ~um et qui verebatur quam maxime cadere in causa sua G. S. Alb. III 268; s1392 militem quendam ~um et ferocem nimis, ‥ qui inconsulte satis ‥ imperavit ‥ Croyl. Cont. B 488.  b si equus indomitus vel ~us portaverit aliquem invitum ultra rupem vel ad aquam Quon. Attach. 48. 10.

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