Lexic.us

Definition of Lightless

1. Adjective. Giving no light. "Lightless stars `visible' only to radio antennae"

2. Adjective. Without illumination. "Through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets"

Definition of Lightless

1. a. Destitute of light; dark.

Definition of Lightless

1. Adjective. Lacking light; unilluminated ¹

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Definition of Lightless

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lightless

lighthouse lighthouse keeper lighthouse keepers lighthouse lens lighthouselike lighthouses lighting lighting-up(a) lighting circuit lighting fixture

lighting industry lighting out lighting up lightings lightish lightless lightlessly lightlessness lightlied lightlies

lightlike lightly lightly-armed lightly armored lightly armoured lightman lightmap lightmaps lightmen lightmeter

Literary usage of Lightless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Poems of Ralph E. McMillin by Ralph Edward McMillin (1919)
"... drear, The White Way darkened and its garish sights Eclipsed and sobered on the "Lightless Nights." He never more will see the sun, The sheen of trees, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1862)
"This gas and vapour burn with a lightless flame. ... The flame was lightless as before. I mention this fact to remove the popular error that naphthalin, ..."

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