eyeless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈaɪ.ləs/
Etymology
From Middle English eyles, eieles, equivalent to eye + -less. Compare West Frisian eachleas (“eyeless”), Dutch oogloos (“eyeless”), German augenlos (“eyeless”), Swedish ögalös (“eyeless”), Icelandic augnalaus (“eyeless”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having no eyes (organs of sight).
Huge eyeless crabs roam the ocean floor around hydrothermal vents.
I held out my hand, and the horrible, soft-spoken, eyeless creature gripped it in a moment like a vise. I was so much startled that I struggled to withdraw; but the blind man pulled me close up to him with a single action of his arm.
1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
- (not-comparable) Having no sight; blind.
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(not-comparable, of tools or objects, qualifier:especially suturing needles, uncommon) Having no eye: having no hole.
eyeless needle
Deriveds
eyelessly · eyelessness · eyelessly · eyelessness
Synonyms
Translations (20)
de augenlos (having no eyes) · tr gözsüz (having no sight) · ota كور (having no eye (of a needle)) · ru незря́чий (having no sight) · tr gözsüz (having no eyes) · ru безгла́зый (having no eyes) · grc ἀνόφθαλμος (having no eyes) · koi синтӧм (having no sight) · pl bezoki (having no eyes) · koi синтӧм (having no eyes) · el αόμματος (having no eyes) · ru слепо́й (having no sight) · tr kör (having no sight) · is sjónlaus (having no sight) · mhr шинчадыме (having no sight) · grc ἄοψ (having no eyes) · is augnalaus (having no eyes) · grc ἀνόμματος (having no eyes) · tr kör (having no eye (of a needle)) · ota كور (having no sight)