Meaning & use
Douce
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Sedate, sober, and respectable in manner (chiefly Scottish usage).
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The douce old minister greeted every parishioner by name.
She kept a douce, orderly household despite the chaos of six children.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from French 'douce' (sweet, soft), but in Scots and older English it took on the sense of quiet respectability.
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