dalliance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dalliance	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dalliance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dalliance n the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working Synonym(s): dalliance, dawdling, trifling playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest Synonym(s): flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dalliance \Dal"liance\, n. [From {Dally}.] 1. The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play. Look thou be true, do not give dalliance* Too mnch the rein. --Shak. O, the dalliance and the wit, The flattery and the strife! --Tennyson. 2. Delay or procrastination. --Shak. 3. Entertaining discourse. [Obs.] --Chaucer.