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doucest

doucest is the superlative form of douce.

Meaning of douce

Adjective

douce (comparative doucer, superlative doucest)

  1. Sweet; nice; pleasant.
    • Beyond the bed stood the woman. Dark and pale, aged about twenty-one . . . his mother, Mary de Bohun. Death had stolen none of her douce beauty and sweetness.1978, Rosemary Hawley Jarman, “Part Four: The Treaty: France and England, 1420–22”, in Crown in Candlelight, London: Book Club Associates, →OCLC, page 314
  2. (dialectal) Serious and quiet; steady, not flighty or casual; sober.
    • The bookseller, douce man, had seen too many eccentric customers to be shocked by the vehemence of his questioner.1919, Christopher Morley, “The Battle of Ludlow Street”, in The Haunted Bookshop, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 242

Questions about doucest

What is doucest the superlative form of?
Doucest is the superlative form of douce.

Words near doucest in the dictionary

  1. doucely
  2. douceness
  3. doucepere
  4. douceperes
  5. doucer
  6. doucest
  7. doucet
  8. doucets
  9. doucette
  10. Doucettes
  11. douceur

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