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nightlessness

nightlessness noun: absence of night.

Noun

nightlessness (uncountable)

  1. Absence of night.
    • Together with the glow coming from stores, bars, and offices, the streetlamps created a constant twilight. Håkan found this nightlessness disturbing.2017, Hernan Diaz, In the Distance, Daunt Books (2018), page 306

Origin of nightlessness

From nightless + -ness.

Questions about nightlessness

What does nightlessness mean?
Nightlessness means absence of night.
What part of speech is nightlessness?
Nightlessness is a noun.

Words near nightlessness in the dictionary

  1. nightjar
  2. nightjars
  3. nightlamp
  4. nightlamps
  5. nightless
  6. nightlessness
  7. nightlies
  8. nightlife
  9. nightlifer
  10. nightlifers
  11. nightlifes

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