adj
Meaning 1
Ready to dance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- I'm feeling a bit dancy today.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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dancy
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rhymes with -ænsi
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CMU ARPABET: D AE1 N S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of music: suitable for dancing to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- After a few slow numbers, the band moved on to some more dancy tunes.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Synonym of dancetté.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
Examples
- a fess dancy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dancetté
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 4
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *dantiāreder. Anglo-Norman dauncerbor. Middle English dauncen English dance Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dancy From dance + -y.
From French danché (or an older form thereof). Compare dancetté.
Variant spelling of Dansie.