raylessness

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UK/ˈɹeɪləsnəs/

noun

Utter darkness, without any ray of light.

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Meanings

nounraylessness (uncountable)
  1. poeticuncountableUtter darkness, without any ray of light.

    I knew that I had now fully recovered the use of my visual faculties—and yet it was dark—all dark—the intense and utter raylessness of the Night that endureth for evermore.

    1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial
  2. uncountablebiologyThe condition of being rayless

Origin

From rayless + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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