dauncy

D2A1U1N1C3Y4

adjective

Sick; delicate.

OriginScots donsie →
Scrabble 12
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Meanings

adjectivedauncy (comparative more dauncy, superlative most dauncy)

comparative more dauncy · superlative most dauncy

  1. USregionalSick; delicate.

    I had a dauncy spell but no one heard me over the wind.

    2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 71

Origin

  1. Scotsdonsie
  2. Englishdauncy

From Scots donsie.

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APA

dauncy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dauncy

MLA

“dauncy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dauncy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dauncy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dauncy.

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