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🍊 A sweet fruit 💃 Good for dancing
dancy

dancy

1 8.6
A sweet mandarin orange with thin skin that is easy to peel
  • noun
  • /ˈdæn.si/
translation icon : mandarina
  • All right, we're going with the dancy look.

Examples

  • The dancy look.

    Mr. Church (2016)

  • I like the dancy look.

    Mr. Church (2016)

  • Would you listen to her fancy-dancy accent?

    Wolfwalkers (2020)

  • It can be light and dancy, and then move to dark and almost headbang-worthy.

    Blog text (1)

  • Hit the pavement out of some fancy-dancy.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Ms. Wadleigh-Falls was a fancy-dancy literary critic—couldn't understand a damn word she wrote—turned novelist.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The dancy mandarin oranges are sweet and juicy, making them a favorite among kids.

  • She brought a basket of dancy oranges to the picnic, delighting everyone with their sweetness.

  • For dessert, we enjoyed fresh dancy oranges that were perfect for sharing.

Synonyms

tangerine
vsdancy
13 1.0

A small sweet orange fruit with skin you can peel easily

is a specific cultivated variety often called by that fruit name
mandarin
vsdancy
5 1.3

A small sweet orange fruit with loose skin you peel

is one specific cultivated type rather than the general fruit
mandarin orange
vsdancy
1 2.3

A small sweet orange fruit that is easy to peel

is a single cultivar within this broader fruit category

Surface Forms

dancy singular
dancies plural

Etymology

Dancy for the fruit comes from the family name Dancy, and it became the name of a sweet kind of mandarin called a 'tangerine'. So, a dancy is simply the sweet, easy-to-peel tangerine named after that person or family.