US /ˈlɪdləs/ UK /ˈlɪdləs/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    having no lid; (poetic) ever-watchful, never closing

    A lidless eye seemed to watch from the tower.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · having no lid; (poetic)... unblinkingever-watchfulwakefulvigilant
Opposites
liddedclosed
Word family
Related forms lid

Etymology

From lid (Old English hlid 'cover, gate', from Proto-Germanic *hlidą) + the privative suffix -less.

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