beamlessadj.
/ˈbiːmlɪs/ Without beams, rayless; occasionally figurative.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > unilluminated or unilluminating
darkOE
lightlessa1398
unlighted?1574
shady1605
beamless1679
unshining1682
unluminous1754
unlit1787
unillumed1796
unilluminated1824
unillumined1826
unsunned1838
unlitten1867
1679 J. Dryden & N. Lee Oedipus i. 1 A bald and Beamless Fire.
1746–58 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 268 At length all her [the moon's] beauty vanishes, and she becomes a beamless orb.
1821 J. Baillie Ld. John xx The stony look of his beamless eyes.
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