eyeless

From Middle English eyles, eieles, equivalent to eye +‎ -less. Compare West Frisian eachleas (“eyeless”), Dutch oogloos (“eyeless”), German augenlos (“eyeless”), Swedish ögalös (“eyeless”), Icelandic augnalaus (“eyeless”).

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  Rhymes: -aɪləs

eyeless (not comparable)

1. Having no eyes (organs of sight).

   Synonym: uneyed

   Huge eyeless crabs roam the ocean floor around hydrothermal vents.

   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

     I held out my hand, and the horrible, soft-spoken, eyeless creature gripped it in a moment like a vise. I was so much startled that I struggled to withdraw; but the blind man pulled me close up to him with a single action of his arm.

2. Having no sight; blind.

   Synonym: sightless

3. (uncommon, of tools or objects, especially suturing needles) Having no eye: having no hole.

   eyeless needle

• Seeleys, Seelyes