veillessadj.
/ˈveɪlləs/, U.S. /ˈveɪ(l)ləs/ 1. Not concealed or obscured; unshaded, unclouded.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > overshadowed > lying in shade or abounding in shade > not
veilless1661
shadeless1837
1661 S. Pordage Mundorum Explicatio iii. 311 In the Pitch of Words those Pearls divine [he] Hides, from the eyes of such perverting Swine, Which in their splendrous [printed spendrous] beauties otherwise, Should Vail-less be exposed to their eyes.
1772 S. Paterson Joineriana I. 48 If she [sc. Truth] condescended to appear in her own veiless and majestic simplicity—no matter to who—they knew they could not be deceived.
1823 S. L. Fairfield Poems 110 The Being, whose bright glories shine O'er the emerald lawn, that his veilless eye gilds.
1888 H. Drummond Trop. Afr. v. 109 The glittering ball, whose daily march across the burnished and veilless zenith brings him untold agony.
1909 Harper's Weekly 24 Apr. 22/1 The military band played under a veilless moon.
1984 Washington Post 18 Aug. (Style section) c3 His imagery is naked, veilless and stark.
2. Having no veil; not provided with or protected by a veil.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing headgear > wearing a veil > not
uncovered1585
unveiled1606
veilless1822
1822 H. H. Milman Martyr of Antioch 55 That head, whose veilless blaze Fill'd angels with amaze.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 73 Half whistling and half singing a coarse song, He drove the dust against her veilless eyes.
1926 Foreign Affairs 3 593 They are still not quite used to seeing her, in Europeanized clothes and veilless.
1992 Iranian Stud. 25 81 To rid society of veil-less women, seaside beaches, bars, and other ‘sinful’ manifestations of the non-Islamic world.
2004 M. Dobkin I never loved Man the Way I love You x. 213 Coretta King..was seated in the front pew, again in black but this time veilless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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