moonlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈmuːnləs/, U.S.

/ˈmunləs/

Forms: see moon n.¹ and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moon n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < moon n.¹ + -less suffix.

Without a moon; not illuminated by the moon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > without light of specific heavenly body

starlessa1393

moonless?a1513

sunless1596

unspangled1629

sphereless1880

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > light of moon > [adjective] > not lit up by moon

moonless?a1513

a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 203 Eolus, full woid, and Neptunus, Mirk and moneles.

a1568 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 392 In moneless nichtis it is na mowis, Except ane stowt man steir hir ruder.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 53 But saill or ruthir in the mirk midnycht, And mvneles als withoutin ony licht.

1653 H. More Conjectura Cabbalistica 5 Moonless and Starlesse nights.

1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 393 It was..in a dark moonless night that the Scots before midnight..marched under cover of the adjoining wood.

1894 K. Grahame Pagan Papers 104 The moonless night has a touch of frost, and is steely-clear.

1927 H. C. Macpherson Mod. Astron. 75 It is by no means improbable that Mars was originally moonless.

1992 Astron. Now July 19/1 Low Surface Brightness galaxies..have a luminosity per unit area far less than that of a dark Moonless sky.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moonless
释义	moonlessadj. Brit. /ˈmuːnləs/, U.S. /ˈmunləs/ Forms: see moon n.¹ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moon n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < moon n.¹ + -less suffix. Without a moon; not illuminated by the moon. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > without light of specific heavenly body starlessa1393 moonless?a1513 sunless1596 unspangled1629 sphereless1880 the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > light of moon > [adjective] > not lit up by moon moonless?a1513 a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 203 Eolus, full woid, and Neptunus, Mirk and moneles. a1568 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 392 In moneless nichtis it is na mowis, Except ane stowt man steir hir ruder. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 53 But saill or ruthir in the mirk midnycht, And mvneles als withoutin ony licht. 1653 H. More Conjectura Cabbalistica 5 Moonless and Starlesse nights. 1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 393 It was..in a dark moonless night that the Scots before midnight..marched under cover of the adjoining wood. 1894 K. Grahame Pagan Papers 104 The moonless night has a touch of frost, and is steely-clear. 1927 H. C. Macpherson Mod. Astron. 75 It is by no means improbable that Mars was originally moonless. 1992 Astron. Now July 19/1 Low Surface Brightness galaxies..have a luminosity per unit area far less than that of a dark Moonless sky. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1513
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