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单词 dalliance
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dalliancen.

Brit. /ˈdalɪəns/, U.S. /ˈdæliəns/, /ˈdæljəns/
Forms: Middle English–1500s dalyaunce, daliaunce, Middle English–1600s daliance, (Middle English daliauns, dalians(e), Middle English–1500s dalyance, 1500s dallyaunce, dalliaunce, 1500s– dalliance, 1600s dalience.
Etymology: < dally v. + -ance suffix: probably formed in Old French or Anglo-Norman, though not yet recorded.
1. Talk, confabulation, converse, chat; usually of a light or familiar kind, but also used of serious conversation or discussion. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun]
speechc900
talec1000
speaka1300
reasonc1300
speakinga1325
counsela1350
intercommuningc1374
dalliancec1400
communication1419
communancec1449
collocutiona1464
parlour?c1475
sermocination1514
commona1529
dialogue?1533
interlocutiona1534
discourse1545
discoursing1550
conference1565
purposea1572
talk1572
interspeech1579
conversationa1586
devising1586
intercourse1596
intercommunication1603
eclogue1604
commercing1610
communion1614
negocea1617
alloquy1623
confariation1652
gob1681
gab1761
commune1814
colloquy1817
conversing1884
cross-talk1887
bull session1920
rap1957
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1012 Þurȝ her dere dalyaunce of her derne wordeȝ.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 112 Dalyaunce, confabulacio, collocucio, colloquium.
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 162 Marthe fyrst met hym [Christ]..And hadde wyth hym a long dalyaunce.
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) vi. xv. 259/1 Redynge & dalyaunce of holy wryt & of holy mennes lyues.
2. Sport, play (with a companion or companions); esp. amorous toying or caressing, flirtation; often, in bad sense, wanton toying.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > [noun]
playeOE
gameOE
dalliancec1385
sport1491
the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun]
dalliancec1385
mirding1614
coquetry1656
gallanting1664
coquetting1690
flirting1710
flirtation1718
philandering1737
agacerie1787
carryings-on1909
vamping1918
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr.) Prol. 332 For to han with ȝou sum dalyaunce.
c1386 G. Chaucer Doctor's Tale 66 At festes, reueles, and at daunces, That ben occasiouns of daliaunces.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1835) xxvi. 124 Þai schall..ete and drinke and hafe dalyaunce with wymmen.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. vi. sig. E.ijv Dyd not I for the nonce,..Reade his letter in a wrong sense for daliance?
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 50 Whiles a puft, and reckles libertine Himselfe the primrose path of dalience treads.
1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 348 The lewd dalliance of the Queen of Love.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. v. 93 He..taking her by the Hand, began Dalliance . View more context for this quotation
1820 W. Scott Monastery II. x. 292 Julian..went on with his dalliance with his feathered favourite.
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. vi. 346 The Earl's courtship of Elizabeth was anything..but a gentle dalliance.
3. Idle or frivolous action, trifling; playing or trifling with a matter.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] > in conduct
triflinga1382
dalliance1548
toying1559
legerity1561
dallyingc1680
flightiness1747
coquetry1753
1548 T. Becon Solace of Soule sig. A.iiv In healthe and prosperite Satans assaultes seme to be but tryfles and thynges of daliauns.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. xii. §1 When they come into the sight of God, such dalliances must auoide, bicause there is..no trifling strife aboute wordes.
1627 Ld. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 16 Divine Justice, who admits no dalliance with Oaths.
1641 W. Persons et al. Let. 14 Dec. in J. Temple Irish Rebell. (1646) ii. 47 Now there is no dalliance with them; who..declare themselves against the State.
1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion i. 33 Men whose hearts Could hold vain dalliance with the misery Even of the dead. View more context for this quotation
1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. iii. 75 He continued to live in idle dalliance.
4. Waste of time in trifling, idle delay. Obsolete.The first quot. probably does not belong here: see delayance n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > spending time > [noun] > wasting time
lettingc1440
slacking1542
missinga1547
dalliance1567
slipping1571
time-wasting1670
the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting
loitering1362
triflinga1382
dalliance1567
piddling1580
baubling1608
idlement1622
concessation1623
paddling1642
sauntering1680
puddling1695
dawdle1813
dawdling1819
puttering1835
pottering1844
peddling1851
tiddlywinking1869
loiter1876
frivolling1882
potter1897
muckings1898
futzing1907
piffling1914
fucking1931
monkeying1932
muck-about1968
twatting1989
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 26134 & for-þink his lange daliaunce [Vesp. delaiance] þat he for-drawen has his penance.]
1567 T. Palfreyman Baldwin's Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) v. vi. f. 140v Death dedly woundeth without dread or dalyaunce.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. i. 59 My businesse cannot brooke this dalliance . View more context for this quotation
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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