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Dateless

//ˈdeɪtlɪs// adj, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Out of one's head; deranged.

    "Poor soul, she's gone dateless, I think, with care, and watching, and overmuch trouble; and who can wonder?"

  2. 2
    Without a date imprinted, assigned, or associated. not-comparable

    "The other day was dateless, even for my dateless life; for I had forgotten time and had no notion of anything anywhere, when in a small French town I strolled into a cafe noisy with French talk."

  3. 3
    Thick-headed. British, dialectal, slang

    "Into the court you'd swanned, you dateless little pillock, if not wholly confident of winning, surely careless of losing."

  4. 4
    Having no date—a meeting with a lover or potential lover. not-comparable

    "It is hard to believe that she could be dateless on a Saturday night."

  5. 5
    Timeless; immortal not-comparable

    "the dateless and irrevoluble circle of eternity"

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  1. 6
    Without a start; immemorial not-comparable
  2. 7
    Without an end; endless archaic, not-comparable

    "Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow, / For precious friends hid in death's dateless night"

Adjective
  1. 1
    unaffected by time wordnet
  2. 2
    not bearing a date wordnet
  3. 3
    of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date wordnet
  4. 4
    having no known beginning and presumably no end wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps derived from Old English þeatless (“thoughtless, without plan”). See also deedless.

Etymology 2

Coined between 1585 and 1595 from date + -less

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