English Explanatory Dictionary

eyeless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having no eyes (organs of sight).
  2. Having no sight; blind.
  3. Having no eye: having no hole.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

eyeless

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”).

Synonyms

uneyed sightless

Derived words

eyelessly eyelessness

Translations

Turkish: kör Ottoman Turkish: كور
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