dalliern.
/ˈdalɪə/, U.S. /ˈdæliər/ One who dallies: see the verb.
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society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > one engaged in amusement or entertainment
player1340
dalliera1568
pastimer1608
recreationist1819
pleasure-seeker1825
pleasurer1833
the tired businessman1913
looner1969
the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting > one who
musardc1330
tifflerc1535
dalliera1568
pingler1578
puddlera1585
wag-wanton1601
fiddle-faddle1602
piddler1602
pedlara1625
potterer1837
frivolist1884
frivoller1889
tiddlywinker1893
muck-about1933
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] > person
flippera1400
butterflya1500
dalliera1568
fling-brain1570
barmy-froth1598
inconsiderate1598
cork1601
cork-brain1630
kickshaw1644
shatter-brain1719
shatter-pate1775
shatter-wit1775
scatter-brain1790
flutter-pate1894
Jack-o'-wisp1896
ditz1984
the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > flirt > male flirt > ladies' man or philanderer
gallanta1450
dalliera1568
women's man1568
amorist1595
woman's man1597
lady-mongerc1600
dammaret1635
topgallant1701
agapet1736
ladies' man1764
Jack among the maids1785
philanderer1841
Romeo1902
tea-hound1921
bird dog1942
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 29v The greatest makers of loue, the daylie daliers.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1888/1 To be no dalyers in Gods matters, but to shew them selues..earnest.
1861 Gen. P. Thompson in Bradford Advertiser 19 Oct. 6/1 ‘I will go so far’, says the dallier with evil; and everybody knows where the dallier comes to.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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