Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle. · To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet · To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
From Middle English dalien, from Anglo-Norman delaier. Doublet of delay.
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