DATELESS


Meaning of DATELESS in English

ˈdātlə̇s adjective

1.

a. : having no fixed term : endless

the dateless rise and fall of the tides

b. : bearing no date

a dateless letter

c. : of an age or duration so great as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date : immemorial

dateless customs

a spiritual rule of dateless antiquity derived from Rome — G.M.Trevelyan

d. : of continuously living interest : not subject to the adverse effects of the passage of time : timeless

few characters are more dateless than Hamlet

e. : being without a social partner

some of the boys had come to the party dateless

2. dialect England : having mental faculties impaired by old age : foolish

a poor dateless old man

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.