starless

adj

Etymology: From Middle English sterreles, equivalent to star + -less. Piecewise doublet of asterless.

1. Without visible stars.

   “The starless night was very dark.”

   “A globe far off / It seemed, now seems a boundless continent / Dark, waste, and wild, under the frown of Night / Starless exposed, and ever-threatening storms / Of Chaos blustering round, inclement sky;”