adj
lightless
Lightless (adj) means Completely dark, with no light at all.
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Completely dark, with no light at all.
""I can’t stand much of this," said Hurstwood, whose legs ached him painfully, as he sat down upon the miserable bunk in the small, lightless chamber allotted to him."
— Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie (1900)
"Touch with thy flame the lightless lamp of my sorrow."
— Rabindranath Tagore, Lover’s Gift and Crossing (1918)
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Etymology
Came into English via Middle English lightles, which developed from Old English lēohtlēas, from Proto-West Germanic *leuhtalaus; it is equivalent to the noun light plus -less ("lacking, without"). Cognate with West Frisian ljochtleas, Dutch lichtloos and German lichtlos.
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unilluminated
unlighted
unlit
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What is the meaning of lightless?
"lightless" (adj) means completely dark, with no light at all.
What is another word for lightless?
Other words for "lightless" include unilluminated, unlighted, unlit.
What is the opposite of lightless?
The opposite of "lightless" is alight.
