Douce

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Sweet; pleasant; luxurious.
  • Sober; sedate; gentle; not light or frivolous; prudent; modest.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Sweet; pleasant.
  • adjective. Sober; prudent; sedate; modest.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Sweet, nice, pleasant.
  • adjective. Serious and quiet; steady, not flighty or casual; sober.
  • Word Usage
    "He is a gentle youth in the very best sense of the term, and as we gather -- not from anything he says of himself, but from the general tenor -- by no means a "wild gallant"; affectionate, respectful to his parents, altogether "douce," and, indeed, rather (to start with) like Lord Glenvarloch in _The Fortunes of"
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    affaire  affectee  bonne  bouche  cime  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    modest  pleasant  prudent  sedate  sober