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dauncy

dauncy adjective: sick; delicate.

Adjective

dauncy (comparative more dauncy, superlative most dauncy)

  1. (US, regional) Sick; 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

Forms of dauncy

comparativemore dauncy
superlativemost dauncy

Origin of dauncy

From Scots donsie.

Questions about dauncy

What does dauncy mean?
Dauncy means sick; delicate.
What part of speech is dauncy?
Dauncy is an adjective.

Words near dauncy in the dictionary

  1. daunc't
  2. daunce
  3. dauncer
  4. dauncers
  5. daunces
  6. dauncy
  7. daunder
  8. daundered
  9. daundering
  10. daunders
  11. dauner

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