dateless

UK /ˈdeɪtlɪs/ US /ˈdeɪtlɪs/
adj 7

Definitions

adj

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?

and he were put in York prison and tried and hung – hung! Charley! – kind father was hung on a gallows and mother lost sense and grew silly in grief and we were like to be turned on t' wide world and poor mother dateless

2

Thick-headed.

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

You dateless fool, you stupid ass, clamped to / This crag for all eternity

adj

1

Without a date imprinted, assigned, or associated.

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.

2

Having no date—a meeting with a lover or potential lover.

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

They were good friends, completely at ease with each other, and when they both ended up dateless on a Friday night, as they often did, they usually ended up eating pizza and watching scary movies together.

3

Timeless; immortal

the dateless and irrevoluble circle of eternity

4

Without a start; immemorial

5

Without an end; endless

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

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