unsightlessness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From unsightless +‎ -ness.

Noun[edit]

unsightlessness (uncountable)

  1. Sightlessness; a lack of sight.
    • 1842 April, Edgar A[llan] Poe, “Life in Death”, in Graham's Magazine, volume XX, page 204:
      To him these withered arms and lips are welcome as if they yet retained all their former loveliness. He will not reject his early love for her age, and sickness, and unsightlessness.
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