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raylessness

UK/ˈɹeɪləsnəs/

raylessness noun: utter darkness, without any ray of light.

Noun

raylessness (uncountable)

  1. (poetic) Utter darkness, without any ray of light.
    • 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.1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial
  2. The condition of being rayless

Origin of raylessness

From rayless + -ness.

Questions about raylessness

What does raylessness mean?
Raylessness means utter darkness, without any ray of light.
What part of speech is raylessness?
Raylessness is a noun.
How do you pronounce raylessness?
Raylessness is pronounced /ˈɹeɪləsnəs/ (UK).

Words near raylessness in the dictionary

  1. Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities
  2. Rayleigh-Taylor instability
  3. rayleighs
  4. rayles
  5. rayless
  6. raylessness
  7. raylet
  8. raylets
  9. raylike
  10. rayling
  11. Rayls

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