SIGHTLESS

eyeless, sightless, unseeing

(adjective) lacking sight; “blind as an eyeless beggar”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

sightless (not comparable)

Without sight; blind.

synonym of invisible

Source: Wiktionary


Sight"less, a.

1. Wanting sight; without sight; blind. Of all who blindly creep or sightless soar. Pope.

2. That can not be seen; invisible. [Obs.] The sightless couriers of the air. Shak.

3. Offensive or unpleasing to the eye; unsightly; as, sightless stains. [R.] Shak.

– Sight"less*ly, adv.- Sight"less*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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