Etymograph

English

rayless

From ray + -less.

A compound of ray + -less

Latin radius ‘staff’

Old French rai ‘beam’

English ray

Today it means

adj Lacking rays.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rayless”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / rayless