Definition of Eyelessness

1. Noun. Blindness due to loss of the eyes.

Generic synonyms: Blindness, Cecity, Sightlessness
Derivative terms: Eyeless

Definition of Eyelessness

1. Noun. Lack of eyes (gloss organs of seeing). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eyelessness

eyeground
eyegrounds
eyehole
eyeholes
eyehook
eyehooks
eyeing
eyelash
eyelash-curler
eyelash curler
eyelash sign
eyelashed
eyelashes
eyeless
eyelessly
eyelessness (current term)
eyeleted
eyeleteer
eyeleteers
eyelets
eyeletted
eyeletting
eyeliad
eyeliads
eyelid
eyelidded
eyelids
eyelift
eyelifts

Literary usage of Eyelessness

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

1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, Philip Stanhope Worsley (1861)
"... as I am sure That not Poseidon even, at thy need, Thee of thine eyelessness hath power to cure. Know well thy fatal hurt for ever shall endure. ..."

2. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, Philip Stanhope Worsley (1861)
"... as I am sure That not Poseidon even, at thy need, Thee of thine eyelessness hath power to cure. Know well thy fatal hurt for ever shall endure. ..."

3. The Mediaeval Mind: A History of the Development of Thought and Emotion in by Henry Osborn Taylor (1919)
"The "Synagogue" of sculpture has her eyes bound, the sculpturesque expression of eyelessness. The rest of Hildegard's symbolism was not followed in ..."

4. Masterpieces of Greek Literature: Homer: Tyrtaeus: Archilochus: Callistratus by Clara Hitchcock Seymour (1902)
"... as I am sure That no Poseidon even, at thy need, Thee of thine eyelessness hath power to cure. 620 Know well thy fatal hurt for ever shall endure. ..."

5. Environmental Theology by Richard Cartwright Austin (1990)
"... or who have entertained the notion that the gene for eyelessness should be introduced into hogs in order to provide an economic gain for those raising ..."

6. The Teaching of Scientific Method and Other Papers on Education by Henry Edward Armstrong (1903)
"In laboratories and kitchens both gas and water are constantly wasted through thoughtlessness and eyelessness; the waste is of less consequence than the ..."

7. We; a Confession of Faith for the American People During and After the War by Gerald Stanley Lee (1916)
"Who are these people, these immortal beings, who are twisting up their souls and bodies in this huge tumult of shot-off legs, of eyelessness, of poisonous ..."

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