daylessadj.

Brit.

/ˈdeɪlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈdeɪlᵻs/

Forms: see day n. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: day n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < day n. + -less suffix. With sense 1 compare Middle Low German dāgelōs (of a trial, etc.) without result; compare day n. 12a and later day v.², daying n.², etc. In sense 2 originally after nightless adj.

†1. Without redress or reward; without a desired result or effect. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective]

idlec825

unnuteOE

bricklec1225

tooma1250

unnaita1250

vaina1300

waste1303

overvoida1382

voida1382

superfluec1384

daylessa1387

unbehovely1390

unprofitablea1398

unbehoveful1429

wastefulc1450

idleful1483

fruster1488

vainful1509

frustrate?a1513

superfluousa1533

addle1534

lost1535

fittle1552

futilea1575

nugatory1605

futilous1607

shiftless1613

tympanous1625

emptya1628

frustraneousa1643

pointless1673

futilitous1765

otiose1795

stultificatory1931

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 159 His enemy was bigiled and passed dayles [L. in vanum pertransiit].

?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 129 Pore men schullen stonde with oute & goo dailes but ȝif þei geten knockis.

?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 92 Þes vanytes wasten pore mennus goodis & suffren hem goo dailes whanne þei han nedis to pursue.

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxx. f. 247^v He came ageyne daylesse, or nothynge done [L. re infecta redijt].

2. Devoid of the light of day; dark.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective]

blinda1000

darkOE

lightlessOE

murkOE

therka1325

murkfula1400

unsheena1400

tenebrousc1420

tenebrose1490

tenebrate1492

sable?a1513

unlightsome1574

tenebrious1594

blindfold1601

Stygian1602

dayless1657

unenlightened1662

darklinga1718

rayless1727

tenebrific1786

twinkless1830

transdiurnal1848

glimmerless1889

gleamless1891

unlightened1896

1657 J. Trapp Comm. Ezra (Job iii. 9) 31 Heaven is a nightlesse day, Hell a daylesse night.

a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) III. 347 Long winter's dayless midnight glooms, Black as the Raven's wing.

1816 Ld. Byron Sonnet on Chillon in Prisoner of Chillon 1 When thy sons to fetters are consigned—To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom.

1892 Ld. Lytton King Poppy Prol. 356 Gleaming thro' a dayless world.

1903 H. Keller Story of my Life (1905) i. i. 13 Many incidents of those early years are fixed in my memory, isolated, but clear and distinct, making the sense of that silent, aimless, dayless life all the more intense.

1991 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 7 Apr. 54 An ambition to travel the Hurtigruten during the nightless polar summer is part of Nordic romantic luggage (the dayless winter trips tend to be more favoured by Japanese honeymooners).

3. Not divided into days; not measurable in days; (more generally) indefinite, unstructured; infinite.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adjective] > in past and future duration or transcending time

everlasting1340

eternec1366

eternal1488

eterminablea1528

timeless1574

supertemporal1837

morrowless1844

dayless1848

supratemporal1860

a-temporal1862

dateless1894

transhistorical1909

1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 218 Deep in all dayless time degreeless space.

1902 Dietetic & Hygienic Gaz. June 335/1 Day is added to day, until the whole allotted number have been lived and the soul passes to the realm of dayless existence.

1963 Life 8 Nov. 81/4 The new time periods which space travel will require as astronauts experience dayless and seasonless environments.

1991 B. Wing tr. H. Cixous Bk. Promethea 153 Time is reduced to days, days are reduced to minutes. Nostalgia for days of minutes? For minutes of the past? The infinite minutes of dayless time? No.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dayless
释义	daylessadj. Brit. /ˈdeɪlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈdeɪlᵻs/ Forms: see day n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: day n., -less suffix. Etymology: < day n. + -less suffix. With sense 1 compare Middle Low German dāgelōs (of a trial, etc.) without result; compare day n. 12a and later day v.², daying n.², etc. In sense 2 originally after nightless adj. †1. Without redress or reward; without a desired result or effect. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] idlec825 unnuteOE bricklec1225 tooma1250 unnaita1250 vaina1300 waste1303 overvoida1382 voida1382 superfluec1384 daylessa1387 unbehovely1390 unprofitablea1398 unbehoveful1429 wastefulc1450 idleful1483 fruster1488 vainful1509 frustrate?a1513 superfluousa1533 addle1534 lost1535 fittle1552 futilea1575 nugatory1605 futilous1607 shiftless1613 tympanous1625 emptya1628 frustraneousa1643 pointless1673 futilitous1765 otiose1795 stultificatory1931 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 159 His enemy was bigiled and passed dayles [L. in vanum pertransiit]. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 129 Pore men schullen stonde with oute & goo dailes but ȝif þei geten knockis. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 92 Þes vanytes wasten pore mennus goodis & suffren hem goo dailes whanne þei han nedis to pursue. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxx. f. 247^v He came ageyne daylesse, or nothynge done [L. re infecta redijt]. 2. Devoid of the light of day; dark. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] blinda1000 darkOE lightlessOE murkOE therka1325 murkfula1400 unsheena1400 tenebrousc1420 tenebrose1490 tenebrate1492 sable?a1513 unlightsome1574 tenebrious1594 blindfold1601 Stygian1602 dayless1657 unenlightened1662 darklinga1718 rayless1727 tenebrific1786 twinkless1830 transdiurnal1848 glimmerless1889 gleamless1891 unlightened1896 1657 J. Trapp Comm. Ezra (Job iii. 9) 31 Heaven is a nightlesse day, Hell a daylesse night. a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) III. 347 Long winter's dayless midnight glooms, Black as the Raven's wing. 1816 Ld. Byron Sonnet on Chillon in Prisoner of Chillon 1 When thy sons to fetters are consigned—To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom. 1892 Ld. Lytton King Poppy Prol. 356 Gleaming thro' a dayless world. 1903 H. Keller Story of my Life (1905) i. i. 13 Many incidents of those early years are fixed in my memory, isolated, but clear and distinct, making the sense of that silent, aimless, dayless life all the more intense. 1991 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 7 Apr. 54 An ambition to travel the Hurtigruten during the nightless polar summer is part of Nordic romantic luggage (the dayless winter trips tend to be more favoured by Japanese honeymooners). 3. Not divided into days; not measurable in days; (more generally) indefinite, unstructured; infinite. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adjective] > in past and future duration or transcending time everlasting1340 eternec1366 eternal1488 eterminablea1528 timeless1574 supertemporal1837 morrowless1844 dayless1848 supratemporal1860 a-temporal1862 dateless1894 transhistorical1909 1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 218 Deep in all dayless time degreeless space. 1902 Dietetic & Hygienic Gaz. June 335/1 Day is added to day, until the whole allotted number have been lived and the soul passes to the realm of dayless existence. 1963 Life 8 Nov. 81/4 The new time periods which space travel will require as astronauts experience dayless and seasonless environments. 1991 B. Wing tr. H. Cixous Bk. Promethea 153 Time is reduced to days, days are reduced to minutes. Nostalgia for days of minutes? For minutes of the past? The infinite minutes of dayless time? No. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1387
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