English Dictionary: dalliance | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dalliance \Dal"li*ance\, 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. |