dancy
/dˈænsi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "I'm feeling a bit dancy today."
- "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."
- "After a few slow numbers, the band moved on to some more dancy tunes."
- "This was the swingingest, danciest Ellington heard by most in a decade."
- "TOLBERT BIGAMY JONES was the danciest cowboy in our part of west Texas."
- "Joseph Holmes Dance Theatre member Darrian Ford and JHDT instructor Winifred Haun teamed up in Long Lunch, the danciest piece on the program."
Etymology
Etymology tree 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.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: danché
Usage
Inflected Forms
dancier (comparative)
more dancy (comparative)
danciest (superlative)
most dancy (superlative)
dancey (alternative)
Dancys (plural)