Dally

Morpheme

Dally

Type

free base

Denotation

waste time, dawdle, delay

Etymology

Middle English dalyen, dalien; Anglo-Norman delaier; Old French delaier, from de- +‎ laiier

Evidence

dalliance, dallied, dallier, dallies, dally, dallying, dallyingly, undallying

Notes

dally and delay are doublets

See Also

Lay

Homographs

Dally