douce
/do͞os/
adjective
sober, gentle, and sedate.
"stories which would have outraged their douce minds"
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The meaning of DOUCE is sober, sedate. How to use douce in a sentence.
adjective. , Scot. and North England. sedate; modest; quiet.
DOUCE meaning: 1. quiet or calm: 2. quiet or calm: . Learn more.
Adjective edit · (obsolete) Sweet; nice; pleasant. · (dialect) Serious and quiet; steady, not flighty or casual; sober. quotations ▽. 1919, Christopher Morley, ...
douce is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French douce, doulx. See etymology ...
Scottish and Northern England dialect quiet; sober; sedate.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.