lightless

Words with a similar base: lightless

'lightless'

[lightless.s.01] as in: giving no light

Examples:
lightless stars `visible' only to radio antennae

'lightless'

[lightless.s.02] as in: without illumination

Examples:
came up the lightless stairs
the unilluminated side of Mars
through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets

Origins

					lightless (English)
├── -less (English)
│   └── -leas (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│       └── leas (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── light (English)
    ├── leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    ├── light (Middle English (1100-1500))
    ├── lighten (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── lihtan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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