nightlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪtlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪtlᵻs/

Forms: see night n. and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < night n. + -less suffix.

Lacking any period of night or darkness; having no night.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > without darkness

unobscured1598

nightless1613

unbenighted1667

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 434 The Sun (whose presence they are long deprived of in the winter, which is recompensed in their night-lesse Summer).

1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xlvi. 29) 355 Think of that glorious night-less day.

1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 772 Midsummer, or nightless days, now begin.

1853 W. M. Thomas in Househ. Words 30 July 505/1 The nightless days of summer solstice.

a1866 J. C. Prince Sick Man's Fancies in Poet. Wks. (1880) 123 I lay many nightless days, While the terrible sun's unconquered blaze Blistered and scorched my shrivelled skin.

1934 W. Moffatt (title) Shetland: the isles of nightless summer.

1986 Daily Tel. 12 July 8/6 In the nightless months everyone has phenomenal energy.

Derivatives

ˈnightlessness n. rare

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > [noun] > state of being light

lightnessOE

shadowlessness1881

shadelessness1894

nightlessness1897

1897 Expositor Sept. 208 All liberty is the result of nightlessness.

1897 Expositor (London) 6 162 The main feature of the city is the nightlessness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nightless
释义	nightlessadj. Brit. /ˈnʌɪtlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈnaɪtlᵻs/ Forms: see night n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: night n., -less suffix. Etymology: < night n. + -less suffix. Lacking any period of night or darkness; having no night. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > without darkness unobscured1598 nightless1613 unbenighted1667 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 434 The Sun (whose presence they are long deprived of in the winter, which is recompensed in their night-lesse Summer). 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xlvi. 29) 355 Think of that glorious night-less day. 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 772 Midsummer, or nightless days, now begin. 1853 W. M. Thomas in Househ. Words 30 July 505/1 The nightless days of summer solstice. a1866 J. C. Prince Sick Man's Fancies in Poet. Wks. (1880) 123 I lay many nightless days, While the terrible sun's unconquered blaze Blistered and scorched my shrivelled skin. 1934 W. Moffatt (title) Shetland: the isles of nightless summer. 1986 Daily Tel. 12 July 8/6 In the nightless months everyone has phenomenal energy. Derivatives ˈnightlessness n. rare ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > [noun] > state of being light lightnessOE shadowlessness1881 shadelessness1894 nightlessness1897 1897 Expositor Sept. 208 All liberty is the result of nightlessness. 1897 Expositor (London) 6 162 The main feature of the city is the nightlessness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1613
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