dateless

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 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?
  2. Without a date imprinted, assigned, or associated. not-comparable
    — 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.
  3. Thick-headed. UK,dialectal,slang
    — Into the court you'd swanned, you dateless little pillock, if not wholly confident of winning, surely careless of losing.
  4. Having no date—a meeting with a lover or potential lover. not-comparable
    — It is hard to believe that she could be dateless on a Saturday night.
  5. Timeless; immortal not-comparable
    — the dateless and irrevoluble circle of eternity
  6. Without a start; immemorial not-comparable
  7. Without an end; endless archaic,not-comparable
    — Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow, / For precious friends hid in death's dateless night

词形变化

more dateless comparative most dateless superlative

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词源

词源 1
Unknown. Perhaps derived from Old English þeatless (“thoughtless, without plan”). See also deedless.
词源 2
Coined between 1585 and 1595 from date + -less
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