dateless
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dateless¹
- /ˈdeɪtlɪs/
Where it comes from
Unknown. Perhaps derived from Old English þeatless (“thoughtless, without plan”). See also deedless.
adjective more dateless · most dateless
- 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?
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Thick-headed.
Into the court you'd swanned, you dateless little pillock, if not wholly confident of winning, surely careless of losing.
Similar: addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded, Boeotian, boneheaded
dateless²
- /ˈdeɪtlɪs/
Where it comes from
Coined between 1585 and 1595 from date + -less
adjective
- 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.
- Having no date (meeting with a lover or potential lover). It is hard to believe that she could be dateless on a Saturday night.
- Timeless; immortal; endless. Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow, / For precious friends hid in death's dateless night
- Without a start; immemorial.
Talk about this word "dateless." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dateless. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dateless. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dateless "dateless." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dateless.Cite this
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title = {dateless},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dateless},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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