dateless
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪtlɪs/
adj
Etymology: Coined between 1585 and 1595 from date + -less
- 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—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.”
- Timeless; immortal
“the dateless and irrevoluble circle of eternity”
- Without a start; immemorial
- Without an end; endless
“Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow, / For precious friends hid in death's dateless night”