rayless

[rey-lis]

adjective

1. lacking rays ray or raylike parts.

2. unlit, dark, or gloomy.

   a rayless cave.

rayless

/ ˈreɪlɪs /

adjective

1. dark; gloomy

2. lacking rays

   a rayless flower

Other Word Forms

• raylessness noun
• raylessly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of rayless¹

First recorded in 1735–45; ray ¹ + -less

Example Sentences

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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Through adverse winds that threatened wreck, and nights Of rayless gloom, thou pointed ever to The North Star of his great ambition.

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