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[syn: blindness, sightlessness, cecity]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sightless \Sight"less\, a.
1. Lacking sight; without sight; blind.
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Of all who blindly creep or sightless soar. --Pope.
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2. That can not be seen; invisible. [Obs.]
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The sightless couriers of the air. --Shak.
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3. Offensive or unpleasing to the eye; unsightly; as,
sightless stains. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Sight"less*ly, adv.-
Sight"less*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sightlessness
n 1: the state of being blind or lacking sight [syn:
blindness, sightlessness, cecity]