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Word of the Day for Saturday, August 15, 2009 dalliance \DAL-ee-uhns, DAL-yuhns\, noun: 1. Frivolous spending of time; dawdling. 2. Playful flirtation. Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven; Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, And recks not his own rede. -- William Shakespeare, Hamlet The acceptance of the role as artistic directors of the company is not a dalliance, she said yesterday. "It is an absolute, firm commitment." -- Angela Bennie, "Blanchett: theatre job 'no dalliance'", Sydney Morning Herald, November 11, 2006 Dalliance comes from Middle English daliaunce, which is probably from Old French or Anglo-French. Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for dalliance Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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