different between dateless vs deedless

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de?tl?s/

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps derived from Old English þeatless (“thoughtless, without plan”). See also deedless.

Adjective

dateless (comparative more dateless, superlative most dateless)

1. Out of one's head; deranged.
2. (Britain, dialect, slang) Thick-headed.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stupid

Etymology 2

Coined between 1585 and 1595 from date +? -less

Adjective

dateless (not comparable)

1. Without a date imprinted, assigned, or associated.
2. Having no date—a meeting with a lover or potential lover.
   • 2015, Cathryn Fox, Love Lessons, (?ISBN)

     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
4. Without a start; immemorial
5. (archaic) Without an end; endless

References

Anagrams

• detassel, tasseled

English

Etymology

deed +? -less; obsolete sense is from earlier dadless, probably from Old Norse dáðlauss (“without virtue, incapable, lacking in courage and drive, despicable, cowardly”). Cognate with Danish dådløs (“non-heroic”), Swedish dådlös (“listless, shiftless”).

Adjective

deedless (comparative more deedless, superlative most deedless)

1. (of real property) Of real property whose owners' claim is not evidence by formal record of ownership, such as a deed.
2. (obsolete) Helpless; not performing, or not having performed, deeds or exploits; inactive.

Related terms

• dateless

Translations

References

• Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114
• deedless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• deedless in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.