wondered what might be lurking in the lightless corners of the basement
Recent Examples on the WebTracking swarms of flea-size organisms through the lightless depths is trickier than following migrating whales across hemispheres. Katherine Harmon Courage, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2022 After the humans arrived, Fred stayed in his lightless bog for millennia as the land was worked above, the forests shaped by fire and the fields sowed with corn, beans, and squash. Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022 Who knew that wriggling through underwater crevices could be pleasurable, that floating in lightless pockets of rock could be Zen? Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021 Toward the end of those years, the Viking and his closest lieutenants were cast into a lightless dungeon, yet nonetheless managed to break out, kidnap the emperor’s mistress and commandeer two galleys.Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2021 The baby fish return to the lightless deep before sunrise. Erik Olsen New York Times, Star Tribune, 15 Apr. 2021 The baby fish return to the lightless deep before sunrise. Erik Olsen New York Times, Star Tribune, 15 Apr. 2021 The baby fish return to the lightless deep before sunrise. Erik Olsen New York Times, Star Tribune, 15 Apr. 2021 The baby fish return to the lightless deep before sunrise. Erik Olsen New York Times, Star Tribune, 15 Apr. 2021 See More
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of lightless was before the 12th century