sightlessadj.

/ˈsʌɪtlɪs/

Etymology: < sight n.¹ + -less suffix.

a. Unable to see; destitute of the power of sight; blind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > not seeing or preventing from seeing > [adjective]

sightlessa1325

unseeing1632

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > blind

star-blindeOE

bissonc950

blind-bornc975

blindc1000

darkOE

purblinda1325

sightlessa1325

start blinda1387

stark blinda1425

stone-blindc1480

beetle-blind1556

beetle1566

eyeless?1570

purblinded1572

high-gravel-blind1600

not-seeing?1602

kind-blind1608

bat-blind1609

unseeing1609

blindful1621

winking-eyed1621

lamplessa1625

deocular1632

lightless1638

bat-eyed1656

stock-blind1675

duncha1692

gazelessa1819

visionlessa1821

blind-eyed1887

stone-eyed1890

unsighted1983

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1528 Ysaac Wurðede sighteles and elde swac.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 54 And for he þis vtward Ioys onely desirs, in in-wardly & vnsene blyndyd Als wer sytheles to fyre gois.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxvi Thus wytlesse thoughtful, syghtlesse lokynge, I endure my penaunce in this derke prisone.

1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 291 Baith sichtles, and michtles, I grewe almaist attanes.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xliii. sig. D2 When in dead night their faire imperfect shade..on sightlesse eyes doth stay.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 47 Were all seeing things sightless, there would be no colours.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 221 He who sightless wants his visual ray.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. v. 824 Sightless, of all thought bereft, He sank.

1842 H. W. Longfellow Warning ii A cruel mockery of his [Samson's] sightless woe.

1879 G. Allen Colour-sense iii. 27 The eye of the bee, of the cuttlefish, and of the eagle, have each apparently been separately developed from unlike remote sightless ancestors.

figurative.1781 W. Cowper Charity 416 The truth she loves a sightless world blaspheme.1881 H. James Portrait of Lady III. xiv. 207 She performed this journey with sightless eyes, and took little pleasure in the countries she traversed.

b. Deprived of the sight of something. rare.

ΚΠ

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 470 Being sightlesse of company, and humane faces.

2. Invisible, unseen, dark; impenetrable by vision.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective]

unseyenlyc1175

unsenec1200

unseeinga1300

invisible1340

unperceptiblea1398

unseeablea1400

unvisiblec1402

unsightablea1420

unsightyc1440

unperceivable?a1475

unsightfulc1480

imperceptible1536

secret1559

sightless1586

undiscernable1586

invised1609

viewlessa1616

imperceivablea1617

unspiablea1618

inconspicuous1624

undiscernible1624

inconspicablea1652

imperspicable1664

unperceptable1678

imperceptive1722

1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. xi. 44 The scouring windes that sightlesse in the sounding aire doe flie.

1603 J. Harington Let. in Nugæ Antiquæ (1775) II. 132 I have been well nighe driven heretofore into narrowe straits amongste State rocks and sightless dangers.

1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age in Wks. (1874) III. 249 Hath any sightlesse and infernall fire Laid hold vpon my flesh?

1740 S. Boyse Deity (1749) 11 He shuns the view of Sense, Lost in the blaze of sightless excellence.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 45 Following a soaring falcon through the half-sightless regions of the air.

1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 115 They were even sightless to us, we could see nothing but the blaze from the muzzles of their muskets.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cxiii. 178 Drown'd in yonder living blue The lark becomes a sightless song.

1888 B. W. Richardson Son of Star I. xii. 184 Touchless with human hands, Sightless with human eyes.

†3. Unsightly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [adjective]

foulOE

uglyc1386

malgraciousa1393

unsightlya1400

loathc1400

ouglec1415

shrewdc1430

unsightyc1440

unwholesome?a1500

evil-favoured1530

ill-favoured1530

uglisome1530

huggeda1533

hard-favoureda1535

evil-liking1535

ill-favorited1579

stigmatical1589

stigmatic1597

sightlessa1616

hard-featured1638

grislya1681

bad-looking1757

unmackly1765

unfavourable1776

dissightly1777

eyesore1798

wavelled1886

spiderly1891

Plain Jane1912

hackit1985

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. ii. 45 Full of vnpleasing blots, and sightlesse staines.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 375 Ah! sightlesse desarts! fil'd with barren Sands!

4. Out of sight.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] > out of sight

invisible1555

anoptical1598

sightless1632

eyeless1839

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 381 Tvnneis beene sightlesse left, I sought the Ile Of little Malta.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. ii. 31 Their tears..as they fall, sink sightless.

Derivatives

ˈsightlessly adv. without having the faculty of sight.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adverb] > blindly

darklya1398

sightlessly1847

blindly1855

1847 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1883 E. Arnold Indian Idylls 241 He lay,..with fierce eyes Roving the wood, and seeing sightlessly.

1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. 159 His eyes ranged sightlessly after the boy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	sightless
释义	sightlessadj. /ˈsʌɪtlɪs/ Etymology: < sight n.¹ + -less suffix. 1. a. Unable to see; destitute of the power of sight; blind. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > not seeing or preventing from seeing > [adjective] sightlessa1325 unseeing1632 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > blind star-blindeOE bissonc950 blind-bornc975 blindc1000 darkOE purblinda1325 sightlessa1325 start blinda1387 stark blinda1425 stone-blindc1480 beetle-blind1556 beetle1566 eyeless?1570 purblinded1572 high-gravel-blind1600 not-seeing?1602 kind-blind1608 bat-blind1609 unseeing1609 blindful1621 winking-eyed1621 lamplessa1625 deocular1632 lightless1638 bat-eyed1656 stock-blind1675 duncha1692 gazelessa1819 visionlessa1821 blind-eyed1887 stone-eyed1890 unsighted1983 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1528 Ysaac Wurðede sighteles and elde swac. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 54 And for he þis vtward Ioys onely desirs, in in-wardly & vnsene blyndyd Als wer sytheles to fyre gois. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxvi Thus wytlesse thoughtful, syghtlesse lokynge, I endure my penaunce in this derke prisone. 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 291 Baith sichtles, and michtles, I grewe almaist attanes. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xliii. sig. D2 When in dead night their faire imperfect shade..on sightlesse eyes doth stay. View more context for this quotation 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 47 Were all seeing things sightless, there would be no colours. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 221 He who sightless wants his visual ray. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. v. 824 Sightless, of all thought bereft, He sank. 1842 H. W. Longfellow Warning ii A cruel mockery of his [Samson's] sightless woe. 1879 G. Allen Colour-sense iii. 27 The eye of the bee, of the cuttlefish, and of the eagle, have each apparently been separately developed from unlike remote sightless ancestors. figurative.1781 W. Cowper Charity 416 The truth she loves a sightless world blaspheme.1881 H. James Portrait of Lady III. xiv. 207 She performed this journey with sightless eyes, and took little pleasure in the countries she traversed. b. Deprived of the sight of something. rare. ΚΠ 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 470 Being sightlesse of company, and humane faces. 2. Invisible, unseen, dark; impenetrable by vision. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] unseyenlyc1175 unsenec1200 unseeinga1300 invisible1340 unperceptiblea1398 unseeablea1400 unvisiblec1402 unsightablea1420 unsightyc1440 unperceivable?a1475 unsightfulc1480 imperceptible1536 secret1559 sightless1586 undiscernable1586 invised1609 viewlessa1616 imperceivablea1617 unspiablea1618 inconspicuous1624 undiscernible1624 inconspicablea1652 imperspicable1664 unperceptable1678 imperceptive1722 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. xi. 44 The scouring windes that sightlesse in the sounding aire doe flie. 1603 J. Harington Let. in Nugæ Antiquæ (1775) II. 132 I have been well nighe driven heretofore into narrowe straits amongste State rocks and sightless dangers. 1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age in Wks. (1874) III. 249 Hath any sightlesse and infernall fire Laid hold vpon my flesh? 1740 S. Boyse Deity (1749) 11 He shuns the view of Sense, Lost in the blaze of sightless excellence. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 45 Following a soaring falcon through the half-sightless regions of the air. 1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 115 They were even sightless to us, we could see nothing but the blaze from the muzzles of their muskets. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cxiii. 178 Drown'd in yonder living blue The lark becomes a sightless song. View more context for this quotation 1888 B. W. Richardson Son of Star I. xii. 184 Touchless with human hands, Sightless with human eyes. †3. Unsightly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [adjective] foulOE uglyc1386 malgraciousa1393 unsightlya1400 loathc1400 ouglec1415 shrewdc1430 unsightyc1440 unwholesome?a1500 evil-favoured1530 ill-favoured1530 uglisome1530 huggeda1533 hard-favoureda1535 evil-liking1535 ill-favorited1579 stigmatical1589 stigmatic1597 sightlessa1616 hard-featured1638 grislya1681 bad-looking1757 unmackly1765 unfavourable1776 dissightly1777 eyesore1798 wavelled1886 spiderly1891 Plain Jane1912 hackit1985 a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. ii. 45 Full of vnpleasing blots, and sightlesse staines. View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 375 Ah! sightlesse desarts! fil'd with barren Sands! 4. Out of sight. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] > out of sight invisible1555 anoptical1598 sightless1632 eyeless1839 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 381 Tvnneis beene sightlesse left, I sought the Ile Of little Malta. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. ii. 31 Their tears..as they fall, sink sightless. Derivatives ˈsightlessly adv. without having the faculty of sight. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adverb] > blindly darklya1398 sightlessly1847 blindly1855 1847 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1883 E. Arnold Indian Idylls 241 He lay,..with fierce eyes Roving the wood, and seeing sightlessly. 1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. 159 His eyes ranged sightlessly after the boy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.a1325
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