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canticoy

canticoy noun: a social gathering, usually for dancing.

Noun

canticoy (plural canticoys)

  1. (archaic, rare) A social gathering, usually for dancing.
    • The Indians denied us going to the town on excuse of a canticoy. We lodged in the woods that night.1906, Richard C. Adams, A Brief History of the Delaware Indians, page 17
    • […] as long as M. Poincaré keeps up his canticoys, so long will that disturbance increase.1923, The Freeman, volume 6, page 457

Forms of canticoy

pluralcanticoys
alternative formcantico
alternative formkantikoy

Origin of canticoy

From an Algonquian (probably Lenape) language; compare Unami këntke (“he dances”) and English cantico.

Questions about canticoy

What does canticoy mean?
Canticoy means a social gathering, usually for dancing.
What part of speech is canticoy?
Canticoy is a noun.
What is the plural of canticoy?
The plural of canticoy is canticoys.

Words near canticoy in the dictionary

  1. Canticle of Canticles
  2. canticles
  3. cantico
  4. canticoes
  5. canticos
  6. canticoy
  7. canticoys
  8. canticular
  9. canticum
  10. cantier
  11. cantiest

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