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[ dal-ee-uhns, dal-yuhns ] / ˈdæl i əns, ˈdæl yəns / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dalliance ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna trifling away of time; dawdling. amorous toying; flirtation. Origin of dallianceFirst recorded in 1300–50, dalliance is from the Middle English word daliaunce.See dally, -ance Words nearby dallianceDalit, Dalkon Shield, Dallapiccola, Dallas, dalles, dalliance, Dallin, Dallis grass, Dall's sheep, dally, Dalmane Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dallianceShould she leave her husband and endure loneliness or tolerate his dalliance and keep a companion for old age? Ian McEwan's New Novel Keeps Life at Arm's Length|Nick Romeo|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST These affinities are arguably at the heart of the 40-year dalliance of Iranian and Syrian despots. Iranian Clerics About to Fall?|Abbas Milani|September 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST Despite plenty of gossip in Copenhagen cafes, no politician has ever been booted from office because of a dalliance. Death of the Sex Scandal|Louise Roug Bokkenheuser|September 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST The next gallery offers rose-tinted portraits and a marked, pre-Cubism dalliance with neoclassicism. The Power of Picasso|Rachel Wolff|April 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST
How then shall we be able to perform a voyage, even to a moderate distance, if we waste our time in dalliance on the shore? The Book-lover|James Baldwin All the traditions of her life caused her to stand aghast at the idea of dalliance with a sin so subtle and alluring as this. Banked Fires|E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi Soon weary of the dalliance of Temp, it ascends to its mission—the Archer of the silver bow, the guide of the car of light. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69, No. 425, March, 1851|Various Away then with hypocritical formality and dalliance, and be serious and sincere for thy soul, and with thy God. A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter But such facilities for dalliance with the Regent's daughter were soon to be brought to an end. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe|Thornton Hall
British Dictionary definitions for dalliance
nounwaste of time in frivolous action or in dawdling an archaic word for flirtation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to dalliancefling, idling, delay, loafing, trifling, poking, playing, procrastination, toying, affair, seduction, relationship, delaying, dabbling, frittering, frivoling, loitering, procrastinating, puttering, hanky-panky |