shadowless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English shadow Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English shadowless From shadow + -less.
Meanings
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Lacking a shadow.
[…] fluorescent lighting has been adopted for the upper deck lounges and smokerooms, so giving shadowless lighting.
1947 September and October, “First Southern Railway Post-War Vessel”, in Railway Magazine, page 294:There is something in the shadowless sky and the unbroken moonshine which mocks us with repose. We have no part in it; our own unrest has no sympathy with the blue and spiritual horizon, whose hope is not with this life.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXVIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 313:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most shadowless | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more shadowless | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (2)
fi varjoton (lacking a shadow) · el ανίσκιωτος (lacking a shadow)