eyeless
Meaning
- (not-comparable) Having no eyes (organs of sight).
- (not-comparable) Having no sight; blind.
- (not-comparable, uncommon) Having no eye: having no hole.
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English eyles, eieles, equivalent to eye + -less. Compare West Frisian eachleas (“eyeless”), Dutch oogloos (“eyeless”), German augenlos (“eyeless”), Swedish ögalös (“eyeless”), Icelandic augnalaus (“eyeless”).
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