lightless

Meaning

Lacking light; unilluminated; dark.

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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