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)
- (of music, informal) 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.
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From French danché (or an older form thereof). Compare dancetté.
Adjective[edit]
dancy (not comparable)