Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eyeless

/ˈaɪ.ləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: eye-less
IPA: /ˈaɪ.ləs/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having no eyes (organs of sight).

adj

Having no sight; blind.

adj

Having no eye: having no hole.

Example Sentences

"Huge eyeless crabs roam the ocean floor around hydrothermal vents."
"I held out my hand, and the horrible, soft-spoken, eyeless creature gripped it in a moment like a vise. I was so much startled that I struggled to withdraw; but the blind man pulled me close up to him with a single action of his arm."
"eyeless needle"

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: eyles

Derived Forms

eyelessly eyelessness

Synonyms

uneyed sightless unseeing

Rhymes With

silas stylus marseilles tieless nilus pilus strobilus stilus

Questions

How do you pronounce eyeless?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈaɪ.ləs/.
What does eyeless mean?: Having no eyes (organs of sight).
Where does eyeless come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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