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pupilless

pupilless adjective: lacking pupils.

Adjective

pupilless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking pupils.
    • The eyes were lifeless, and lustreless, and seemingly pupilless, and I shrank involuntarily from their glassy stare to the contemplation of the thin and shrunken lips.1835, Edgar Allan Poe, Berenice

Origin of pupilless

From pupil + -less.

Questions about pupilless

What does pupilless mean?
Pupilless means lacking pupils.
What part of speech is pupilless?
Pupilless is an adjective.

Words near pupilless in the dictionary

  1. pupillary space
  2. pupillary spaces
  3. pupillate
  4. pupillated
  5. pupilled
  6. pupilless
  7. pupillid
  8. pupillids
  9. pupilloconstriction
  10. pupillogram
  11. pupillograms

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