Raylessness
//ˈɹeɪləsnəs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Utter darkness, without any ray of light. poetic, uncountable
"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."
- 2 The condition of being rayless uncountable
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From rayless + -ness.
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