unlight
unlight · unlights
The absence of light; darknessThe absence of light; darkness.
Meaning
1 senses(literary, poetic)The absence of light; darkness.
Origin
From un- + light or, in the case of the verb, perhaps from Middle English *unlighten (suggFrom un- + light or, in the case of the verb, perhaps from Middle English *unlighten (suggested by past participle unlight, unlyght, unliȝt (“unlit”)), equivalent to un- + light.
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