nance

See also: Nance and náncè

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From nancy. As a verb, cf. prance, dance, and mince.

Noun

nance (plural nances)

1. (slang) Alternative form of nancy (“an effeminate male homosexual”)
   • 1992, Leigh W. Rutledge, The gay decades: from Stonewall to the present:

     "Fairies, nances, swishes, fags, lezzes — call 'em what you please — should of course be permitted to earn honest livings […]

Verb

nance (third-person singular simple present nances, present participle nancing, simple past and past participle nanced)

1. (uncommon, slang) To move in a prissy or stereotypically effeminate manner.

   nancing around in tight pants

Further reading

• “nance”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Etymology 2

From American Spanish nance, from Classical Nahuatl.

Noun

nance (plural nances)

2. A large shrub or small tree of subtropical and tropical areas of the Americas, Byrsonima crassifolia, bearing a small, sweet, yellow fruit.

Translations

Translations

• Portuguese: muruci (pt) m (Brazil)

Anagrams

• canne

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl nantzi.

Noun

nance m (plural nances)

1. a fruit tree of the species Byrsonima crassifolia in the acerola family
2. the fruit of this tree
3. a kind of coffee grown in Costa Rica

Further reading

• “nance”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10