amorous+dalliance

  • 1dalliance — Synonyms and related words: amorous dalliance, amorous looks, billing and cooing, bundling, caressing, come hither look, coquetry, coquettish glances, coquettishness, coyness, cuddling, dabbling, dallying, dawdling, dilatoriness, dillydallying,… …

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  • 2dalliance — [n1] dawdling dabbling, delay, delaying, dilly dallying*, frittering, frivoling, idling, loafing, loitering, playing, poking*, procrastinating, procrastination, puttering, toying, trifling; concepts 151,210,681 Ant. hastening, hurrying, push,… …

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  • 3dalliance — noun /ˈdalɪəns,ˈdæliəns/ a) 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… …

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  • 4dalliance — noun Date: 14th century an act of dallying: as a. play; especially amorous play b. frivolous action ; trifling …

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  • 5dalliance — /dal ee euhns, dal yeuhns/, n. 1. a trifling away of time; dawdling. 2. amorous toying; flirtation. [1300 50; ME daliaunce. See DALLY, ANCE] * * * …

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  • 6dalliance — dal•li•ance [[t]ˈdæl i əns, ˈdæl yəns[/t]] n. 1) a trifling away of time; dawdling 2) amorous toying; flirtation • Etymology: 1300–50; ME daliaunce. See dally, ance …

    From formal English to slang

  • 7dalliance — /ˈdæliəns / (say daleeuhns) noun 1. a trifling away of time; dawdling. 2. amorous toying; flirtation. {Middle English; from dally + ance} …

  • 8The Amorous Flea — Infobox Musical name= The Amorous Flea subtitle= caption= Philip Proctor and Imelda DeMartin music= Bruce Montgomery lyrics= Bruce Montgomery book= Jerry Devine basis= Molière s 1662 comedy The School for Wives productions= 1964 Off Broadway… …

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  • 9caressing — Synonyms and related words: amorous dalliance, billing and cooing, bundling, cuddling, dalliance, feeling, fingering, fondling, friction, frottage, handling, hugging, kissing, lollygagging, lovemaking, manipulation, necking, nestling, nuzzling,… …

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  • 10fondling — Synonyms and related words: amorous dalliance, billing and cooing, bundling, caressing, cosset, cuddling, dalliance, darling, favorite, hugging, idol, jewel, kissing, lollygagging, lovemaking, matinee idol, minion, necking, nestling, nuzzling,… …

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