douce

Definition

Sweet; nice; pleasant.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "The bookseller, douce man, had seen too many eccentric customers to be shocked by the vehemence of his questioner."
• "what would you say of a man with plenty of silver that bided all by his lone and made his own bed and did his own baking when he might have had a wife to make him douce and brave?"
• "If Fabre, for example, were elected to the Academy tomorrow, you would see his lust for social revolution turning overnight into the most douce and debonair conformity."