"sightlessness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-der. Proto-Germanic *sehwaną Proto-West Germanic *sehwan Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-West Germanic *-þi Proto-West Germanic *sihti Old English sihþ Middle English sighte English sight Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English sightless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sightlessness From sightless + -ness. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|sightless|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-der. Proto-Germanic *sehwaną Proto-West Germanic *sehwan Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-West Germanic *-þi Proto-West Germanic *sihti Old English sihþ Middle English sighte English sight Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English sightless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sightlessness [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "see", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*sekʷ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*sehwaną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], 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"from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*lausaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-lausaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-laus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-lēas", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-les", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-less", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "sightless", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "denominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-in-", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suf", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro", "pos" : "suffix originally used to form collective nouns, extended in Late PIE to also be a marker of feminine gender" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "intransitive verbs", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "factitive verb", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂ti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ōną", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inōną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-dyé-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-atjaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "nominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-assuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inassuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-nassī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-nes", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-nesse", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "sightlessness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="sightlessness"> From sightless + -ness., {{ety|en|:af|sightless|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-der. Proto-Germanic *sehwaną Proto-West Germanic *sehwan Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-West Germanic *-þi Proto-West Germanic *sihti Old English sihþ Middle English sighte English sight Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English sightless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sightlessness From sightless + -ness. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} sightlessness (uncountable)
  1. the characteristic of being sightless; blindness Tags: uncountable Derived forms: unsightlessness
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    ],
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      "*sehwaną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sehwaną"
    ],
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      "*sehwan",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sehwan"
    ],
    [
      "*-tis",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tis#Proto-Indo-European:_action_nouns"
    ],
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      "*-þiz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-þiz#Proto-Germanic:_abstract_noun_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "*-þi",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-þi"
    ],
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      "*sihti",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sihti"
    ],
    [
      "sihþ",
      "sihþ#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "sighte",
      "sighte#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "sight",
      "sight#English"
    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lewh₁-"
    ],
    [
      "*leusaną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leusaną"
    ],
    [
      "*lausaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lausaz"
    ],
    [
      "*-lausaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-lausaz"
    ],
    [
      "*-laus",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-laus"
    ],
    [
      "-lēas",
      "-leas#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "-les",
      "-les#Middle_English"
    ],
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      "-less",
      "-less#English"
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-h₂#Proto-Indo-European:_collective_nouns"
    ],
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      "*-éh₂",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-éh₂#Proto-Indo-European:_collective_nouns"
    ],
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      "*-yéti",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-yéti#Proto-Indo-European:_intransitive_verbs"
    ],
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      "*-eh₂yéti",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-eh₂yéti#Proto-Indo-European:_suf"
    ],
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      "*-h₂ti",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-h₂ti#Proto-Indo-European:_factitive_verb"
    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ōną#Proto-Germanic:_verbal"
    ],
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      "*-inōną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-inōną#Proto-Germanic:_denominative"
    ],
    [
      "*-dyé-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-dyé-#Proto-Indo-European:_verbal"
    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-atjaną#Proto-Germanic:_verbal"
    ],
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      "*-tus",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tus#Proto-Indo-European:_action_noun"
    ],
    [
      "*-þuz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-þuz#Proto-Germanic:_nominative"
    ],
    [
      "*-assuz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-assuz#Proto-Germanic:_-ness"
    ],
    [
      "*-inassuz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-inassuz#Proto-Germanic:_-ness"
    ],
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      "*-nassī",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-nassī#Proto-West_Germanic:_-ness"
    ],
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      "-nes#Old_English:_-ness"
    ],
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      "-nesse",
      "-nesse#Middle_English:_-ness"
    ],
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      "-ness#English"
    ],
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        "text": "+",
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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *sekʷ-der.\nProto-Germanic *sehwaną\nProto-West Germanic *sehwan\nProto-Indo-European *-tis\nProto-Germanic *-þiz\nProto-West Germanic *-þi\nProto-West Germanic *sihti\nOld English sihþ\nMiddle English sighte\nEnglish sight\nProto-Indo-European *lewh₁-\nProto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.\nProto-Germanic *leusaną\nProto-Germanic *lausaz\nProto-Germanic *-lausaz\nProto-West Germanic *-laus\nOld English -lēas\nMiddle English -les\nEnglish -less\nEnglish sightless\nProto-Germanic *-in-\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂ti\nProto-Germanic *-ōną\nProto-Germanic *-inōną\nProto-Indo-European *-dyé-\nProto-Germanic *-atjaną\nProto-Indo-European *-tus\nProto-Germanic *-þuz\nProto-Germanic *-assuz\nProto-Germanic *-inassuz\nProto-West Germanic *-nassī\nOld English -nes\nMiddle English -nesse\nEnglish -ness\nEnglish sightlessness\nFrom sightless + -ness.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *sekʷ-der.\nProto-Germanic *sehwaną\nProto-West Germanic *sehwan\nProto-Indo-European *-tis\nProto-Germanic *-þiz\nProto-West Germanic *-þi\nProto-West Germanic *sihti\nOld English sihþ\nMiddle English sighte\nEnglish sight\nProto-Indo-European *lewh₁-\nProto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.\nProto-Germanic *leusaną\nProto-Germanic *lausaz\nProto-Germanic *-lausaz\nProto-West Germanic *-laus\nOld English -lēas\nMiddle English -les\nEnglish -less\nEnglish sightless\nProto-Germanic *-in-\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂ti\nProto-Germanic *-ōną\nProto-Germanic *-inōną\nProto-Indo-European *-dyé-\nProto-Germanic *-atjaną\nProto-Indo-European *-tus\nProto-Germanic *-þuz\nProto-Germanic *-assuz\nProto-Germanic *-inassuz\nProto-West Germanic *-nassī\nOld English -nes\nMiddle English -nesse\nEnglish -ness\nEnglish sightlessness\nFrom sightless + -ness.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "sightlessness (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English entries with etymology texts",
        "English entries with etymology trees",
        "English entries with etymon",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₁-",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (see)",
        "English terms suffixed with -ness",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "en:Vision"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the characteristic of being sightless; blindness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sightless",
          "sightless"
        ],
        [
          "blindness",
          "blindness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sightlessness"
}

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