undancing

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adjective

Not dancing.

“January 7, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann We had a little ball the other night at Mrs. Boothby's, and by dancing, did not perceive an earthquake, which frightened all the undancing part of the town.”

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Meanings

adjectiveundancing (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot dancing.

    January 7, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann We had a little ball the other night at Mrs. Boothby's, and by dancing, did not perceive an earthquake, which frightened all the undancing part of the town.

    1 more example

    The undancing husband of the dancing wife was boring himself in a corner […]

    1885, William Dean Howells, Indian Summer

Origin

From un- + dancing.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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