dancy

See also: Dancy

English

Etymology 1

From dance +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænsi

Adjective

dancy (comparative dancier or more dancy, superlative danciest or most dancy)

1. (informal) Ready to dance.

   I'm feeling a bit dancy today.

   • 2018, Julia Bunte-Mein, Let's Go Europe (Let's Go), fifth-eighth edition, Cambridge, M.A.: Let's Go, Inc., →ISBN, page 393:

     Gear up for a bit of a walk—five whole minutes to The George on S. George St. We're all loosened up and ready to get a little dancey at this thoroughly festive gay club.

2. (informal) Of music: suitable for dancing to.

   After a few slow numbers, the band moved on to some more dancy tunes.

   • 1951, Billboard - May 12, 1951‎^[1], page 10:

     This was the swingingest, danciest Ellington heard by most in a decade.

   • 1954, Collier's Illustrated Weekly - Volume 133‎^[2], page 56:

     TOLBERT BIGAMY JONES was the danciest cowboy in our part of west Texas.

   • 1988 July 15, Sarah Kaufman, “Dance & More for $1.98”, in Chicago Reader‎^[3]:

     Joseph Holmes Dance Theatre member Darrian Ford and JHDT instructor Winifred Haun teamed up in Long Lunch, the danciest piece on the program.

Related terms

• grave-dancy

 

Etymology 2

From French danché (or an older form thereof). Compare dancetté.

Adjective

dancy (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Synonym of dancetté

   a fess dancy

References

• “dancey, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• Candy, candy