dancy
adjEtymology From French danché (or an older form thereof). Compare dancetté.
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Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics Synonym of dancetté.
- a fess dancy
dancy
adjEtymology From dance + -y.
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Informal Ready to dance.
- I'm feeling a bit dancy today.
- Gear up for a bit of a walk—five whole minutes to The George on S. George St. We're all loosened up and ready to get a little dancey at this thoroughly festive gay club.2018, Julia Bunte-Mein, Let's Go Europe (Let's Go), fifth-eighth edition, Cambridge, M.A.: Let's Go, Inc., →ISBN, page 393:
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Informal Of music: suitable for dancing to.
- After a few slow numbers, the band moved on to some more dancy tunes.
- This was the swingingest, danciest Ellington heard by most in a decade.1951, Billboard - May 12, 1951, page 10:
2 more examples
- TOLBERT BIGAMY JONES was the danciest cowboy in our part of west Texas.1954, Collier's Illustrated Weekly - Volume 133, page 56:
- Joseph Holmes Dance Theatre member Darrian Ford and JHDT instructor Winifred Haun teamed up in Long Lunch, the danciest piece on the program.1988 July 15, Sarah Kaufman, “Dance & More for $1.98”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016:
- Related terms
- grave-dancy