starlessness

1 9.1

A night sky with no stars you can see

noun
/ˈstɑr.ləs.nəs/

: ausencia de estrellas

On a cloudy night, the starlessness left the whole town in darkness.

Examples

During the lunar eclipse, many noticed the starlessness surrounding the bright moon.
For astronomers, another handy quality of the cosmic nomad's starlessness is the resulting lack of light reflected from its atmosphere.

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The starlessness of the desert sky made for a breathtaking view of the Milky Way.

Antonyms

brightness

39 1.0

How much light something gives or how close it looks to white

How Starry

clarity

7 2.7

starlight

25 2.1

starlessness

1 9.1

cloudiness

2 2.1

Surface Forms

starlessness singular

starlessnesses plural

Morphology

starlessness = starless (transparent) = star + less + ness

The adjective 'starless' is clearly formed from 'star' + '-less' and the noun is a regular derivation with '-ness'.

Etymology

The word starlessness is made of star, -less ('without') and -ness ('state'), so it simply means the 'state of being without stars' and is used for a sky or night with no visible stars.