rayless

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adjective

Lacking rays.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English ray →
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Meanings

adjectiverayless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableLacking rays.
  2. not comparableLightless, gloomy.

    Trudging onward at the last lights of evening, when a rayless night of unabating rain is creeping on.

    1880, Sabine Baring-Gould, Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, page 1
  3. not comparablebiologyLacking florets.

Origin

  1. Englishray
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishrayless

From ray + -less.

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Translations

Polish bezpromienny
  • bezpromiennylightless
Cite this entry
APA

rayless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rayless

MLA

“rayless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rayless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rayless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rayless.

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