dalliance
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dalliance
- /ˈdælɪəns/ UK
- /ˈdæli.əns/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English daliaunce et al., from dalien (“to exchange pleasantries, to chat; to flirt”), from Old French dalier, dailer. By surface analysis, dally + -ance.
noun dalliances
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Playful flirtation; amorous play.
As in the season of rutting (an uncouth phrase, by which the vulgar denote that gentle dalliance, which in the well-wooded forest of Hampshire, passes between lovers of the ferine kind),
Similar: flirtation
- An episode of dabbling.
- A wasting of time in idleness or trifles. He had passed the officer now. There was no necessity for dalliance. He pressed the accelerator down a trifle.
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A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit.
Similar: affair, affairette, fling, liaison
Translations
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noun playful flirtation
| Español | coqueteo, requiebro, flirteo, galanteo |
|---|---|
| Português | paquera |
| Français | flirt, conter fleurette, coquetage |
| Deutsch | Liebesspiel, Flirt, Tändelei |
| Ελληνικά | ερωτοτροπία erototropía, χαριεντισμός charientismós |
| Русский | флирт flirt, заи́грывание zaígryvanije, коке́тство kokétstvo |
noun a wasting of time in idleness or trifles
| Français | baguenaudage, perte de temps, glandouillage |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Trödelei, Zeitverschwendung |
| Ελληνικά | χασομέρι chasoméri |
| Русский | праздное времяпрепровожде́ние prazdnoje vremjapreprovoždénije |
noun A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit
| Español | devaneo, amorío |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Seitensprung |
| Русский | интрижка intrižka |
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title = {dalliance},
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