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—raylessness, n./ray"lis/, adj.1. lacking rays or raylike parts.2. unlit, dark, or gloomy: a rayless cave.[1735-45; RAY1 + -LESS]
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Rayless — Ray less (r[=a] l[e^]s), a. Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rayless — ray•less [[t]ˈreɪ lɪs[/t]] adj. unlit; dark: a rayless cave[/ex] … From formal English to slang
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rayless — adjective Date: 1747 having, admitting, or emitting no rays; especially dark • raylessness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
rayless — adjective a) Lacking rays b) Lightless, gloomy … Wiktionary
rayless — Synonyms and related words: ableptical, amaurotic, beamless, benighted, bereft of light, black, black as night, blind, caliginous, color blind, dark, dark as night, dark as pitch, darkling, darksome, dim sighted, ebon, ebony, eclipsed, eyeless,… … Moby Thesaurus
rayless — adj. lacking rays; dark, unlit, gloomy … English contemporary dictionary
rayless — a. Sunless, beamless, darksome, dark, dismal, Cimmerian … New dictionary of synonyms
rayless — ray·less … English syllables
