Dalliance Definition

dălē-əns
dalliances
noun
dalliances
The act of dallying; flirting, toying, or trifling.
Webster's New World
Casual romantic or sexual activity.
American Heritage
A casual or brief romantic or sexual relationship.
Revealed his many dalliances in his memoirs.
American Heritage
A brief involvement or interest in something.
A dalliance with socialism.
American Heritage
Frivolous spending of time; dawdling.
Passed the summer in idle dalliance.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Dalliance

Noun

Singular:
dalliance
Plural:
dalliances

Origin of Dalliance

  • From Middle English

    From Wiktionary

Dalliance Sentence Examples

  • Very rarely does a dalliance come to a happy end.

  • It is not uncommon nowadays for teenagers to go quickly from one dalliance to another.

  • My unhappy dalliance with the public school system has blessedly come to its end.

  • It would be a tad harsh if a youthful dalliance were to disqualify you forever, wouldn't it?

  • Believing their relationship to be merely a dalliance, I wasn't convinced when she mentioned marriage in their future.

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DDADAL

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ECENCE

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