danceyadj.

Brit.

/ˈdɑːnsi/,

/ˈdansi/, U.S.

/ˈdænsi/

Forms: 1900s– dancey, 1900s– dancy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dance v., dance n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < either dance v. or dance n. + -y suffix¹.

Inclined or ready to dance; characterized by dancing. Of music: suitable for dancing; (now) spec. belonging to the genre of electronic dance music.

ΚΠ

1902 J. M. Barrie Little White Bird xvii. 204 David tells me that fairies never say ‘We feel happy’: what they say is, ‘We feel dancey’.

1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold ii. 22 My feet are all dancey with the sway of the sea.

1977 C. Beresford-Howe Population One (1986) iv. 57 Ruth—music, please—the phonograph's over there. Something dancey.

1994 Independent on Sunday 19 June (Review Suppl.) 77/2 A lot of dancey stuff, the trance ambient stuff,..sounds like the people I used to play millions of years ago, Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream.

1995 Sugar June 10/1 During a really loud, dancy song at a disco my boyfriend Jimmy said ‘I love you’, but the music was so loud that I didn't hear him.

2003 Philadelphia Inquirer 16 May w15/4 Before the roller-blading Canadian went multiplatinum with her pop-punk debut,..young girl singers were twerpy and dancey—mini-Madonnas.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dancey
释义	danceyadj. Brit. /ˈdɑːnsi/, /ˈdansi/, U.S. /ˈdænsi/ Forms: 1900s– dancey, 1900s– dancy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dance v., dance n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < either dance v. or dance n. + -y suffix¹. Inclined or ready to dance; characterized by dancing. Of music: suitable for dancing; (now) spec. belonging to the genre of electronic dance music. ΚΠ 1902 J. M. Barrie Little White Bird xvii. 204 David tells me that fairies never say ‘We feel happy’: what they say is, ‘We feel dancey’. 1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold ii. 22 My feet are all dancey with the sway of the sea. 1977 C. Beresford-Howe Population One (1986) iv. 57 Ruth—music, please—the phonograph's over there. Something dancey. 1994 Independent on Sunday 19 June (Review Suppl.) 77/2 A lot of dancey stuff, the trance ambient stuff,..sounds like the people I used to play millions of years ago, Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream. 1995 Sugar June 10/1 During a really loud, dancy song at a disco my boyfriend Jimmy said ‘I love you’, but the music was so loud that I didn't hear him. 2003 Philadelphia Inquirer 16 May w15/4 Before the roller-blading Canadian went multiplatinum with her pop-punk debut,..young girl singers were twerpy and dancey—mini-Madonnas. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1902
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