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dateless

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪtlɪs/

adj

Etymology: Coined between 1585 and 1595 from date + -less

  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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