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rayless

[ rey-lis ]

adjective

  1. lacking rays ray or raylike parts.
  2. unlit, dark, or gloomy:

    a rayless cave.



rayless

/ ˈ°ù±ðɪ±ôɪ²õ /

adjective

  1. dark; gloomy
  2. lacking rays

    a rayless flower

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ°ù²¹²â±ô±ð²õ²õ±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ°ù²¹²â±ô±ð²õ²õ²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ù²¹²âl±ð²õ²õ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rayless1

First recorded in 1735–45; ray 1 + -less
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I pressed my lips to his once brilliant and now rayless eyes—I swept his hair from his brow, and kissed that too.

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The doubt of those we love; and more The rayless, dull despair, When trusted hearts are worthless found, And all our dreams are air--but air.

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The sun had set, covered by a misty veil, contrasting with its habitual sumptuous purple; its rayless pallor was the sign of an extraordinary storm.

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TRIMORPHÆ̀A. Like § 1, but a series of filiform rayless pistillate flowers within the outer row of ray-flowers; biennial or sometimes perennial.

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That mandate from on high— The clarion call, That rung through earth and sky His rayless fall, In accents, "thou shalt die," again Proclaims man's dream of years—how vain!

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