dancy

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English

Etymology 1

From dance +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dancy (comparative dancier or more dancy, superlative danciest or most dancy)

  1. (informal) Ready to dance.
    I'm feeling a bit dancy today.
    • 2018, Julia Bunte-Mein, Let's Go Europe (Let's Go), fifth-eighth edition, Cambridge, M.A.: Let's Go, Inc., →ISBN, page 393:
      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.
  2. (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, page 10:
      This was the swingingest, danciest Ellington heard by most in a decade.
    • 1954, Collier's Illustrated Weekly - Volume 133‎, 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:
      Joseph Holmes Dance Theatre member Darrian Ford and JHDT instructor Winifred Haun teamed up in Long Lunch, the danciest piece on the program.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From French danché (or an older form thereof). Compare dancetté.

Adjective

dancy (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Synonym of dancetté
    a fess dancy

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