dauncy

[dawn-see, dahn-]

adjective

1. donsie.

Example Sentences

But next day when she comes down stairs she acts dauncy and low-spirited for awhile.

From Project Gutenberg

Dauncy probably is a variant of daunch, of which the Oxford New English Dictionary cites but one example, from the Townley Mysteries of circa 1460.

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A remarkable word, common in the Smokies, is dauncy, defined for me as “mincy about eating,” which is to say fastidious, over-nice.

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To those who wish to learn more upon the subject, I beg to refer them to Pegge's Anonymiana; Dauncy's Ancient Scottish Melodies; and to my edition of Chettle's Kind-Harts Dream printed by the Percy Society.

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