Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sweet; pleasant; luxurious.
- Sober; sedate; gentle; not light or frivolous; prudent; modest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Sweet; pleasant.
- adjective Scot. Sober; prudent; sedate; modest.
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- adjective obsolete
Sweet ,nice ,pleasant . - adjective dialect
Serious andquiet ;steady , not flighty or casual;sober .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He is a gentle youth in the very best sense of the term, and as we gather -- not from anything he says of himself, but from the general tenor -- by no means a "wild gallant"; affectionate, respectful to his parents, altogether "douce," and, indeed, rather (to start with) like Lord Glenvarloch in _The Fortunes of
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
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But even the most "douce" and cautious amongst them were without the stiffness and strength of the old-time prejudice, and the young people of the different sections of the township, brought together in the many pleasant ways that are open to young people in country places, no longer kept apart as their fathers had done.
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The Sabbath was as strictly kept, and the young people were as strictly taught and catechised and looked after in Scottish fashion as of old, and they bade fair to grow up as cautious and as "douce," and as much attached to old ways and customs as if they had been brought up on the other side of the sea, quite beyond the reach of Yankee innovations and free-and-easy colonial ways.
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Parisian gaiety, which some French historian of the siege calls douce philosophie, lingering on him still, he said, audibly, turning round to any stranger who heard: "Happiest of mortals that we are!
The Parisians — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Tu es toute douce comme tes trois gateaux, Kristin!
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Sir Malcolm, who normally has the douce tones of a Scottish advocate, was winding himself up.
Sir Gus O'Donnell pleases all parties on Lockerbie bomber | Simon Hoggart's sketch 2011
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- With a feminine sing noun, the adj “doux” becomes “douce”.
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My female friends do take part in exercise classes, but most favor gym douce —activity so gentle that you might not even feel the need to shower afterward.
The Serious Art of Gentle Exercise Lennox Morrison 2011
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The problem with the wires is that most douce bags can't even use a bridge correctly.
BSNYC Quiz Day Fun Fry! BikeSnobNYC 2010
hernesheir commented on the word douce
(adj., Yorkshire dialect) "pleasant, gentle", from OF dous, douce - "sweet".
August 8, 2009