dancy
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See also: Dancy
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ænsi
Adjective
[edit]dancy (comparative dancier or more dancy, superlative danciest or most dancy)
- (informal) Ready to dance.
- I'm feeling a bit dancy today.
- (informal) Of music: suitable for dancing to.
- After a few slow numbers, the band moved on to some more dancy tunes.
- 1951, Billboard - May 12, 1951[1], page 10:
- This was the swingingest, danciest Ellington heard by most in a decade.
- 1954, Collier's Illustrated Weekly - Volume 133[2], page 56:
- TOLBERT BIGAMY JONES was the danciest cowboy in our part of west Texas.
- 1988 July 15, Sarah Kaufman, “Dance & More for $1.98”, in Chicago Reader[3]:
- Joseph Holmes Dance Theatre member Darrian Ford and JHDT instructor Winifred Haun teamed up in Long Lunch, the danciest piece on the program.
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From French danché (or an older form thereof). Compare dancetté.
Adjective
[edit]dancy (not comparable)
References
[edit]- “dancey, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.