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dancetté

dancetté adjective: deeply indented; having large teeth.

dancetté: deeply indented; having large teeth
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Adjective

dancetté (not comparable)

  1. Deeply indented; having large teeth.
    • A fess dancetté has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon.

Forms of dancetté

alternative formdancettée
alternative formdancetty

Origin of dancetté

From French danché, related to dent (“tooth”).

Questions about dancetté

What does dancetté mean?
Dancetté means deeply indented; having large teeth.
What part of speech is dancetté?
Dancetté is an adjective.

Words near dancetté in the dictionary

  1. danceth
  2. dancetime
  3. dancette
  4. dancettes
  5. dancetty
  6. dancetté
  7. dancettée
  8. dancewear
  9. danceworthy
  10. dancey
  11. Dancheng

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