eyeless

English

Etymology

From Middle English eyles, eieles, equivalent to eye +‎ -less. Compare West Frisian eachleas (“eyeless”), Dutch oogloos (“eyeless”), German augenlos (“eyeless”), Swedish ögalös (“eyeless”), Icelandic augnalaus (“eyeless”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪləs

Adjective

eyeless (not comparable)

1. Having no eyes (organs of sight).

   Synonym: uneyed

   Huge eyeless crabs roam the ocean floor around hydrothermal vents.

2. Having no sight; blind.

   Synonym: sightless

3. (uncommon, of tools or objects, especially suturing needles) Having no eye: having no hole.

   eyeless needle

Derived terms

• eyelessly (adverb)
• eyelessness (noun)

 

Translations

having no eyes

• German: augenlos (de)
• Greek: αόμματος (el) m (aómmatos)

  Ancient Greek: ἄοψ m (áops), ἀνόφθαλμος (anóphthalmos), ἀνόμματος (anómmatos)

• Icelandic: augnalaus m
• Komi-Permyak: синтӧм (śintöm)
• Polish: bezoki (pl)
• Russian: безгла́зый (ru) (bezglázyj)
• Turkish: gözsüz (tr)

having no sight

• Icelandic: sjónlaus m
• Komi-Permyak: синтӧм (śintöm)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: шинчадыме (šinčadyme)

• Russian: слепо́й (ru) (slepój), незря́чий (ru) (nezrjáčij)
• Turkish: gözsüz (tr)

Anagrams

• Seeleys, Seelyes