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Word of the Day for Saturday, August 15, 2009dalliance \DAL-ee-uhns, DAL-yuhns\, noun: 1. Frivolous spending of time; dawdling. Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, The acceptance of the role as artistic directors of the company is not a dalliance, she said yesterday. "It is an absolute, firm commitment." Dalliance comes from Middle English daliaunce, which is probably from Old French or Anglo-French. | |||||||||
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