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Definition of Lightlessness
1. Noun. Total absence of light. "In the black of night"
Exact synonyms: Black, Blackness, Pitch Blackness, Total Darkness
Generic synonyms: Dark, Darkness
Derivative terms: Black, Lightless, Lightless, Pitch-black
Generic synonyms: Dark, Darkness
Derivative terms: Black, Lightless, Lightless, Pitch-black
Definition of Lightlessness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being lightless; absence of light. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lightlessness
Literary usage of Lightlessness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1845)
"... heta parum"— is well given, with a variation, by— " But gloomy were his eges."
The lightlessness is feelingly placed where the chief light should be. ..."
2. The Song of the Sword, and Other Verses by William Ernest Henley (1892)
"And, by a jealous lightlessness beset That might have oppressed the dragons of
old time Crunching and groping in the abysmal slime, A cave of cut-throat ..."
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