Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dalliance"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dalliance
n 1: the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working [syn:
{dawdling}, {trifling}, {wasting time}]
2: playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest [syn: {flirt},
{flirting}, {flirtation}, {coquetry}, {toying}]
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