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dauncy

American  
[dawn-see, dahn-] / ˈdɔn si, ˈdɑn- /

adjective

  1. donsie.


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But next day when she comes down stairs she acts dauncy and low-spirited for awhile.

From J. Poindexter, Colored by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

A remarkable word, common in the Smokies, is dauncy, defined for me as “mincy about eating,” which is to say fastidious, over-nice.

From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace