dalliance/ˈdalɪəns/EtymologyFrom Middle English daliaunce et al., from dalien (“to exchange pleasantries, to chat; to flirt”), from Old French dalier, dailer. By surface analysis, dally + -ance.dalliance means Playful flirtation; amorous play. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 69 out of 100.nounPlayful 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 kind),”An episode of dabbling.A wasting of time in idleness or trifles.“He had passed the officer now. There was no necessity for dalliance. He pressed the accelerator down a trifle.”A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit.