dancy

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adjective

Ready to dance.

“a fess dancy”

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Meanings

dancy1

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

comparative dancier · comparative more dancy · superlative danciest · superlative most dancy · alternative dancey

  1. informalReady to dance.

    I'm feeling a bit dancy today.

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    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
  2. informalOf music: suitable for dancing to.

    After a few slow numbers, the band moved on to some more dancy tunes.

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    This was the swingingest, danciest Ellington heard by most in a decade.

    1951, Billboard - May 12, 1951, page 10

    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

dancy2

adjectivedancy (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegovernmentSynonym of dancetté.

    a fess dancy

    Synonyms: dancetté

Dancy3

proper nounDancy (plural Dancys)

plural Dancys

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSynonym of dancetté.

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Origin

dancy · adjective

  1. Vulgar Latin*dantiāre
  2. Anglo-Normandauncer
  3. Middle Englishdauncen
  4. Englishdance
  5. Englishdancy

From dance + -y.

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dancy · adjective

  1. Frenchdanché
  2. Englishdancy

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

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Dancy · proper noun

Variant spelling of Dansie.

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Cite this entry
APA

dancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dancy

MLA

“dancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dancy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dancy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dancy.

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