douce
adjective
ˈdüs 
chiefly Scotland
: sober, sedate
the douce faces of the mourners
L. J. A. Bell
L. J. A. Bell doucely adverb chiefly Scotland
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, sweet, pleasant, from Anglo-French, from feminine of duz, douz, from Latin dulcis sweet — more at dulcet
First Known Use
1721, in the meaning defined above
- figure stone
- figure-four scissors
- figure-four trap
- figure-of-eight bandage
- figured
- figured bass
- figured glass
- figured in
- figured into
- figured on
- figured out
- figurehead
- figureheads
- figureless
- figurer
- figurers
- figures
- figures in
- figures into
- figures of speech
- figures on
- figures out
- figurine
- figurines
- figuring