Definitions
A calendar day; also a social appointment or romantic meeting.
Word origin
From Middle English date, from Old French date, datil, datille, from Latin dactylus (likely via Old Provençal datil), from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) (from the resemblance of the date to a human finger), probably a folk-etymological alteration of a word from a Semitic source such as Arabic دَقَل (daqal, “variety of date palm”) or Hebrew דֶּקֶל (deqel, “date palm”). Doublet of dactyl and dactylus.
Used in a sentence
“We made a nice cake from dates.”
“There were a few dates planted around the house.”
“The bullet took the middle finger of his right hand clean off […]. ‘He sure won't be sticking that finger up his date again,’ said Max.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer9 curated clues
01“Appointment on a calendar”4 letters
02“Calendar day”4 letters
03“Calendar entry”4 letters
04“Calendar listing”4 letters
05“Calendar notation”4 letters
06“Calendar square label”4 letters
07“Go out with”4 letters
08“Romantic outing”4 letters
09“Day on a calendar”4 letters
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