dalliance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
    dawdling; trifling.
  2. noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
    coquetry; flirting; flirt; flirtation; toying.

WordNet

Dal"li*ance noun
Etymology
From Dally.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913