shadowlessadj.

/ˈʃadəʊlɪs/

Etymology: < shadow n. + -less suffix.

a. Casting no shadow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > not

shadowless1638

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 6 They cast their shadowes both wayes according as the Sunne is in declination, and Ascij or shadowlesse, when Sol is Zenith.

1809 M. Edgeworth Ennui i, in Tales Fashionable Life I. 38 She had a large assortment of fairies and shadowless witches, and banshees.

1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret II. ix. 173 Under the bare and shadowless trees in the grey February atmosphere.

b. Of a lamp or its furniture: So constructed as to cast no shadow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [adjective] > of or resembling a lamp > with specific characteristics

polymix1694

shaded1836

shadowless1859

globed1867

Holophane1893

Aladdin1908

reflectored1912

mob cap1971

1859 F. S. Cooper Ironmongers' Catal. 77 Gas chimneys, per dozen. Shadowless ditto.

c1865 H. Letheby in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 111/1 Parker's Sinumbra Lamp..was called the shadowless lamp.

1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. p. liv Gasaliers and brackets with improved shadowless burners.

2. Having no shadows on its surface; unsheltered from the sun. Of light, the sky, etc.: Unclouded.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > [adjective]

lighteOE

lightfulc1384

lightyc1384

unshadowed1593

unshaded1638

darkless1641

undimmed1723

shadowlessc1810

undimc1838

unbedimmed1840

undark1876

undarkened1889

c1810 T. Moore Song of Hyperborean iii That shadowless orb [the moon].

1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. v. 253 Black Ethiopia, that shadowless, Beneath the Torrid burned.

1845 ‘E. Warburton’ Crescent & Cross II. 144 There was something startlingly new and strange in that wild, shadowless landscape.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 226 And in the shadowless still morn A sense of rest to him was born.

figurative.1830 W. M. Praed My Little Cousins in Poems 42 I used to have as glad a face, As shadowless a brow.1854 ‘G. Greenwood’ Haps & Mishaps 94 A day of shadowless pleasure.

Derivatives

ˈshadowlessness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > [noun] > state of being light

lightnessOE

shadowlessness1881

shadelessness1894

nightlessness1897

1881 T. Hardy Laodicean I. i. iii. 51 He saw the dinted nose of the De Stancys distinctly outlined with Holbein shadowlessness against the blue-green of the distant wood.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	shadowless
释义	shadowlessadj. /ˈʃadəʊlɪs/ Etymology: < shadow n. + -less suffix. 1. a. Casting no shadow. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > not shadowless1638 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 6 They cast their shadowes both wayes according as the Sunne is in declination, and Ascij or shadowlesse, when Sol is Zenith. 1809 M. Edgeworth Ennui i, in Tales Fashionable Life I. 38 She had a large assortment of fairies and shadowless witches, and banshees. 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret II. ix. 173 Under the bare and shadowless trees in the grey February atmosphere. b. Of a lamp or its furniture: So constructed as to cast no shadow. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [adjective] > of or resembling a lamp > with specific characteristics polymix1694 shaded1836 shadowless1859 globed1867 Holophane1893 Aladdin1908 reflectored1912 mob cap1971 1859 F. S. Cooper Ironmongers' Catal. 77 Gas chimneys, per dozen. Shadowless ditto. c1865 H. Letheby in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 111/1 Parker's Sinumbra Lamp..was called the shadowless lamp. 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. p. liv Gasaliers and brackets with improved shadowless burners. 2. Having no shadows on its surface; unsheltered from the sun. Of light, the sky, etc.: Unclouded. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > [adjective] lighteOE lightfulc1384 lightyc1384 unshadowed1593 unshaded1638 darkless1641 undimmed1723 shadowlessc1810 undimc1838 unbedimmed1840 undark1876 undarkened1889 c1810 T. Moore Song of Hyperborean iii That shadowless orb [the moon]. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. v. 253 Black Ethiopia, that shadowless, Beneath the Torrid burned. 1845 ‘E. Warburton’ Crescent & Cross II. 144 There was something startlingly new and strange in that wild, shadowless landscape. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 226 And in the shadowless still morn A sense of rest to him was born. figurative.1830 W. M. Praed My Little Cousins in Poems 42 I used to have as glad a face, As shadowless a brow.1854 ‘G. Greenwood’ Haps & Mishaps 94 A day of shadowless pleasure. Derivatives ˈshadowlessness n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > [noun] > state of being light lightnessOE shadowlessness1881 shadelessness1894 nightlessness1897 1881 T. Hardy Laodicean I. i. iii. 51 He saw the dinted nose of the De Stancys distinctly outlined with Holbein shadowlessness against the blue-green of the distant wood. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1638
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