lightless
Meaning
Lacking light; unilluminated; dark.
Synonyms
Pronounced as (IPA)
/laɪtlɛs/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English lightles, from Old English lēohtlēas, from Proto-West Germanic *leuhtalaus; equivalent to light (noun) + -less (“lacking, without”). Cognate with West Frisian ljochtleas, Dutch lichtloos, German lichtlos.
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