douce

[ doos ]

/ dus /

adjective Scot. and North England.

sedate; modest; quiet.

Origin of douce

1275–1325; Middle English <Middle French (feminine) <Latin dulcis sweet; see dulcet

OTHER WORDS FROM douce

doucely, adverbdouceness, noun

Words nearby douce

doubt, doubtful, doubting Thomas, doubtless, douc, douce, douceperes, douceur, douche, douchebag, Doug

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Example sentences from the Web for douce

At first, a love-song was the favourite sort, with a refrain of douce amie, and so on.
Medieval English Literature|William Paton Ker
In a giggling peal young goldbronze voices blended, Douce with Kennedy your other eye.
Ulysses|James Joyce
There was plenty light to see it lying there, douce and peaceable as a stone should.
English Fairy Tales|Flora Annie Steel
Douce was good-natured enough, and Grace was probably good-looking.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo

It is fully described in Douce's "Illustrations of Shakespeare," i, 492.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare|Henry Nicholson Ellacombe

British Dictionary definitions for douce

douce

/ (duːs) /

adjective

Scot and Northern English dialect quiet; sober; sedate

Derived forms of douce

doucely, adverb

Word Origin for douce

C14: from Old French, feminine of dous, from Latin dulcis sweet

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单词	douce
释义	douce [ doos ] / dus / adjective Scot. and North England. sedate; modest; quiet. Origin of douce 1275–1325; Middle English <Middle French (feminine) <Latin dulcis sweet; see dulcet OTHER WORDS FROM douce doucely, adverbdouceness, noun Words nearby douce doubt, doubtful, doubting Thomas, doubtless, douc, douce, douceperes, douceur, douche, douchebag, Doug Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for douce At first, a love-song was the favourite sort, with a refrain of douce amie, and so on. Medieval English Literature\|William Paton Ker In a giggling peal young goldbronze voices blended, Douce with Kennedy your other eye. Ulysses\|James Joyce There was plenty light to see it lying there, douce and peaceable as a stone should. English Fairy Tales\|Flora Annie Steel Douce was good-natured enough, and Grace was probably good-looking. Toilers of the Sea\|Victor Hugo It is fully described in Douce's "Illustrations of Shakespeare," i, 492. The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare\|Henry Nicholson Ellacombe British Dictionary definitions for douce douce / (duːs) / adjective Scot and Northern English dialect quiet; sober; sedate Derived forms of douce doucely, adverb Word Origin for douce C14: from Old French, feminine of dous, from Latin dulcis sweet Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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