Definition of Sightlessness

1. Noun. The state of being blind or lacking sight.


Definition of Sightlessness

1. Noun. The characteristic of being sightless; blindness. ¹

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Definition of Sightlessness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sightlessness

sight unseen
sight word
sight words
sighted
sightedness
sighter
sighters
sightful
sightfulness
sighthound
sighthounds
sighting
sightings
sightless
sightlessly
sightlessness
sightlessnesses
sightlier
sightliest
sightline
sightlines
sightliness
sightlinesses
sightly
sightproof
sightread
sightreader
sightreading
sightreads
sights

Literary usage of Sightlessness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Animals of the Past by Frederic Augustus Lucas (1900)
"Once established, Sightlessness and size play into one another's hands; the flightless bird has no limit placed on its size * while granted a food supply ..."

2. Original Plays by William Schwenck Gilbert (1905)
"Thou wouldst not burden him With such a curse as utter sightlessness, ... But sightlessness—it is so terrible ! Cyn. And faithlessness—it is so terrible! ..."

3. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1881)
"... that are crossed by the fillet or shade, that have, one or two, spectacles, so that the sightlessness may be less apparent, so that the sightlessness, ..."

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