hueless

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having no hue or color; colorless or drained of color

   Shock left his forehead hueless against his dark hair.

Formed from hue + -less, literally 'without color.' Hue descends from Old English hiw or hiew, which could mean appearance, form, or color; -less is the native English suffix meaning 'without.' The compound continues Old English hiwleas and is now chiefly literary.

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