lightless
light·less
adjective
2.
without illumination
- “came up the lightless stairs”
- “the unilluminated side of Mars”
- “through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets”
Origin
From Middle English lightles, from Old English lēohtlēas, from Proto-West Germanic *leuhtalaus; equivalent to light (noun) + -less (“lacking, without”). Cognate with West Frisian ljochtleas, Dutch lichtloos, German lichtlos.
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