different between philander vs dally

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????????? (phílandros, “loving men”), from ????? (philía, “love”) and ?????? (andrós), genitive case of ???? (an?r, “man”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??lænd?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /f??lænd??/

Noun

philander (plural philanders)

1. A lover.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Congreve to this entry?)

2. A South American opossum, bare-tailed woolly opossum, Caluromys philander, formerly Didelphis philander.
3. An Australian bandicoot, greater bilby or bilby, Macrotis lagotis, formerly Perameles lagotis.

Translations

Further reading

• philander on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

philander (third-person singular simple present philanders, present participle philandering, simple past and past participle philandered)

1. (intransitive) To woo women; to play the male flirt.

   • You can't be philandering after her again.

Synonyms

• womanize, womanise

Derived terms

• philanderer, philandering

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dæli/
• Rhymes: -æli

Etymology 1

From Middle English dalyen, from Anglo-Norman delaier.

Verb

dally (third-person singular simple present dallies, present participle dallying, simple past and past participle dallied)

1. To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.

   Synonyms: dawdle, dilly-dally; see also Thesaurus:loiter
2. (transitive, intransitive) To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet

   Synonyms: feel up, grope, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle
3. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.

   Synonym: kill time

Translations

Etymology 2

Possibly from Spanish dale la vuelta (“twist it around”) by law of Hobson-Jobson, from dale + la + vuelta.

Noun

dally (plural dallies)

1. Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping.

Verb

dally (third-person singular simple present dallies, present participle dallying, simple past and past participle dallied)

1. To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal

Anagrams

• d'y'all, y'all'd