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undancing

undancing adjective: not dancing.

Adjective

undancing (not comparable)

  1. Not dancing.
    • January 7, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann
      We had a little ball the other night at Mrs. Boothby's, and by dancing, did not perceive an earthquake, which frightened all the undancing part of the town.
    • The undancing husband of the dancing wife was boring himself in a corner […]1885, William Dean Howells, Indian Summer

Origin of undancing

From un- + dancing.

Questions about undancing

What does undancing mean?
Undancing means not dancing.
What part of speech is undancing?
Undancing is an adjective.

Words near undancing in the dictionary

  1. undampened
  2. undams
  3. undanceable
  4. undanced
  5. undancerly
  6. undancing
  7. undandled
  8. undangered
  9. undangerous
  10. undangerousness
  11. undapper

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