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dulcour

UK/ˈdʌlkə/

dulcour noun: sweetness, agreeability, pleasantness; dulcitude, dulcity; suavitude, suavity.

Noun

dulcour (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Sweetness, agreeability, pleasantness; dulcitude, dulcity; suavitude, suavity.
    • So dulcour was the ground in whom crist hym planted.15th century, All haile, lady, mother, and virgyn immaculate, line 20
    • The blak Pluto, thoch he war never ſo ſchairpe,
      Orpheus movit with ſueitnes of his harpe.
      The hardeſt hairt, be it aſſailyit oft,
      With ſueit meiknes it may be makin ſoft;
      And, namlie, be the dulcour feminine,
      Quhilk at all tyme the maiſt motive hes bene
      To gentil hairts, of onye thing alyve,1420–1500, G. H., Ane Elegie Translatit out of the Frenche, written by a Ladye upon Hir Husband’s Infidelitie, fifth verse

Examples of dulcour in a sentence

  • In-so-moche that maryners when they saile so farre on lofe as they may well know and apperceive the coost of that contrey, yet the dulcour and aire delicious vppon theym so […]1484–1490, Diodorus Siculus (author) and John Skelton (translator), Bibliotheca Historica, page unknown
  • […] that by its colour and dulcour they might be remembered of the purity and delightfulness of the law.1675, Lancelot Addison, The present state of the Jews in Barbary, page 176:

Forms of dulcour

alternative formdulcor
alternative formdulcore
alternative formdulcoure

Origin of dulcour

From Middle English dulcour, dulcoure, from Latin dulcor (“sweetness”); cognate with French douceur, whence the English doublet douceur.

Questions about dulcour

What does dulcour mean?
Dulcour means sweetness, agreeability, pleasantness; dulcitude, dulcity; suavitude, suavity.
How do you use dulcour in a sentence?
In-so-moche that maryners when they saile so farre on lofe as they may well know and apperceive the coost of that contrey, yet the dulcour and aire delicious vppon theym so […]
What part of speech is dulcour?
Dulcour is a noun.
How do you pronounce dulcour?
Dulcour is pronounced /ˈdʌlkə/ (UK).

Words near dulcour in the dictionary

  1. dulcorating
  2. dulcoration
  3. dulcose
  4. Dulcot
  5. Dulcote
  6. dulcour
  7. Duldulao
  8. Duldulaos
  9. dule tree
  10. dule trees
  11. duledge

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