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douce

/duːs/ UK

Sounds like deuce (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -uːs

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From Middle English douce, from Old French dolz, dous, Middle French doux, douce, from Latin dulcis (“sweet”). Doublet of dolce, doux, and dulce.

adjective doucer · doucest

Sweet; nice; pleasant. Beyond the bed stood the woman. Dark and pale, aged about twenty-one . . . his mother, Mary de Bohun. Death had stolen none of her douce beauty and sweetness.
dialectal Serious and quiet; steady, not flighty or casual; sober. The bookseller, douce man, had seen too many eccentric customers to be shocked by the vehemence of his questioner.

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@misc{douce_2026,
  title = {douce},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/douce},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}