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Caput mortuum.
Dead head; death's head or a skull.
This was a term, or name, alchemists gave to worthless material that remained after their experiments; such as, residuum left after chemical analysis; worthless residue in a flask after the distillation was complete; by extension, "a worthless or useless person".
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Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group C
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mort-, mor-, mori-, morti- +
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Caput mortuum.
Death head. Residue.
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Graveyard words for a greater understanding of epitaphs
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