dauncy
Dauncy is an American regional term, most commonly found in Appalachian and Southern US dialects, used to describe someone who feels slightly unwell, sickly, or physically delicate — not dramatically ill, but off-colour and fragile.
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Dauncy is an American regional term, most commonly found in Appalachian and Southern US dialects, used to describe someone who feels slightly unwell, sickly, or physically delicate — not dramatically ill, but off-colour and fragile. It can also describe something weak or flimsy in character. The word has a folksy, old-fashioned quality and is rarely encountered outside of its regional home. It's the kind of word your grandmother might use when you looked pale and said you were 'feeling dauncy'.
She'd been dauncy all week and finally went to the doctor on Friday.
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(US, regional) Sick; delicate.
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