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imageless

imageless adjective: lacking an image.

Adjective

imageless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking an image.
    • Ever since Hadrian--otherwise a patriot king--built his imageless temples, in imitation of this barren and lifeless worship; ever since the weak Alexander and his superstitious mother filled the imperial palace with their statues of Christ, with preachers and teachers of his religion; ever since...1874, William Ware, Aurelian
    • Other dream-fears, or strong dream-impressions, may be almost imageless. There may be a great terror, for example, of a purely geometric figure—a figure from pure geometry, or an example of pure mathematics.1922, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Sleep and Dreams”, in Fantasia of the Unconscious, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer, →OCLC, page 253
  2. (obsolete) Unimaginable.
    • Blessings that are imageless to all mortal fancyings, these shall be thine for this.1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities

Origin of imageless

From image + -less.

Words formed from imageless

Questions about imageless

What does imageless mean?
Imageless means lacking an image.
What part of speech is imageless?
Imageless is an adjective.

Words near imageless in the dictionary

  1. imageability
  2. imageable
  3. imageboard
  4. imageboards
  5. imaged
  6. imageless
  7. imagelessness
  8. imagelike
  9. imagemaker
  10. imagemakers
  11. imagemap

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