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rayless

[ rey-lis ]

/ ˈreɪ lɪs /

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adjective

lacking rays or raylike parts.

unlit, dark, or gloomy: a rayless cave.

Origin of rayless

First recorded in 1735–45; ray¹ + -less

OTHER WORDS FROM rayless

ray·less·ness, noun

Words nearby rayless

rayleigh, rayleigh disc, rayleigh disk, rayleigh scattering, rayleigh wave, rayless, raylet, raymond, raynaud's disease, raynaud's phenomenon, raynaud's syndrome

Example sentences from the Web for rayless

The sea was tossing; the sun rested, a red, rayless disk, on the sea-line in the west.

Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Never before had all glint of hope been lost in rayless blackness.

Under Handicap |Jackson Gregory
Slowly the ghost, without change of mien, passes backward through the open door, disappearing in rayless darkness.

Oswald Langdon |Carson Jay Lee
A faint flicker, dying out instantly into rayless gloom, was visible in the woman's sad eyes.

Nevermore |Rolf Boldrewood

On either hand the perspective of the river might have run into a rayless cavern.

The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories |Gertrude Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for rayless

rayless

/ (ˈreɪlɪs) /

adjective

dark; gloomy

lacking rays a rayless flower

Derived forms of rayless

raylessly, adverb raylessness, noun