raylessness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹeɪləsnəs/ (UK)
Etymology
From rayless + -ness.
Meanings
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(poetic, uncountable) 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:
- (uncountable) The condition of being rayless