dateless

Definition

Out of one's head; deranged.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "Poor soul, she's gone dateless, I think, with care, and watching, and overmuch trouble; and who can wonder?"
• "and he were put in York prison and tried and hung – hung! Charley! – kind father was hung on a gallows and mother lost sense and grew silly in grief and we were like to be turned on t' wide world and poor mother dateless"
• "An' they geet howd on her, and carried her into Sally Grimshaw's, an' laid her upo' th' couch cheer, as dateless as a stone !"