blinkless en · ADJ
Etymology
From blink + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not blinking.
The three GIs noticed us, as I knew they would. One nudged the other’s arm, nodding towards our table while another stared directly on me with a blinkless gaze that did not falter.
2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 16, in Small Island, London: Review, page 176:[…] mounted there, large flat feet clamped down on the leather cover and haunches squared, the rat pondered and pondered, smelling the world, eyes blank and blinkless, wiggling nose thrust into the air […]
1986, Emily Carr, “Even a Rat...”, in Ira Dilworth, editor, The Heart of a Peacock, Toronto: Irwin, page 43:I mistrusted every sound and shadow, everything; the kind of constant, blinkless mistrust that becomes stubborn in you when your life has become up for grabs.
1961, Donald Honig, chapter 9, in Walk Like a Man, New York: William Sloane Associates, page 181:Jack spoke not; but kept his blinkless eyes upon Mr. Sharp, while his features gradually turned to the bilious shade of saffron.
1850, John Mills, chapter 12, in Our County, volume 3, London: Henry Colburn, page 194: