rayless

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From ray +‎ -less.

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rayless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking rays.
  2. Lightless, gloomy.
    • 1880, Sabine Baring-Gould, Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, page 1:
      Trudging onward at the last lights of evening, when a rayless night of unabating rain is creeping on.
  3. (botany) Lacking florets.

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