eyeless
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -aɪləs
Adjective
[edit]eyeless (not comparable)
- Having no eyes (organs of sight).
- Synonym: uneyed
- Huge eyeless crabs roam the ocean floor around hydrothermal vents.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
- I held out my hand, and the horrible, soft-spoken, eyeless creature gripped it in a moment like a vise. I was so much startled that I struggled to withdraw; but the blind man pulled me close up to him with a single action of his arm.
- Having no sight; blind.
- Synonym: sightless
- (uncommon, of tools or objects, especially suturing needles) Having no eye: having no hole.
- eyeless needle
Derived terms
[edit]- eyelessly
- eyelessly (adverb)
- eyelessness
- eyelessness (noun)
Translations
[edit]having no eyes
having no sight
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