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whiteless

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Lacking white; (of the eyes) lacking (visible) whites.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1897, Emerson Hough, The Cowboy (originally published as The Story of the Cowboy), New York: The Brampton Society, 1908, Chapter 13, p. 262, [...] The whiteless blue of heaven Comes down to meet the greenless gray of earth— And compasses her dream.
  • 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Part I, Chapter 7, Early Russian Painting, In those grave, whiteless eyes and sad small mouth live the eternal sorrows and joys and the whole destiny of man.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From white + -less.