Meaning of dateless | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Out of one's head; deranged.
2. Without a date imprinted, assigned, or associated.
   not-comparable
3. Thick-headed.
   British, dialectal, slang
4. Having no date—a meeting with a lover or potential lover.
   not-comparable
5. Timeless; immortal
   not-comparable
6. Without a start; immemorial
   not-comparable
7. Without an end; endless
   archaic, not-comparable

Examples

“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”

“An' they geet howd on her, and carried her into Sally Grimshaw's, an' laid her upo' th' couch cheer⟳, as dateless as a stone !”

“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”

“"You dateless article," stormed his father, leaving Bennett to realise⟳ in his laconic way that he was, and probably always would be, a disappointment to Dad.”

“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⟳.”

“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.”

“the dateless and irrevoluble circle of eternity”

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

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