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raylessness

noun
/ˈɹeɪləsnəs/UK

Etymology

From rayless + -ness.

  1. derived from rā — “roe deer”
  2. derived from rei — “king”
  3. suffixed as rayless — “ray + less”
  4. suffixed as raylessness — “rayless + ness”

Definitions

  1. Utter darkness, without any ray of light.

    • I knew that I had now fully recovered the use of my visual faculties—and yet it was dark—all dark—the intense and utter raylessness of the Night that endureth for evermore.

  2. The condition of being rayless

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for raylessness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA