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nance

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From nancy. As a verb, cf. prance, dance, and mince.

Noun

nance (plural nances)

  1. (slang) Alternative form of nancy: an effeminate male homosexual.
    • 1992, Leigh W. Rutledge, The gay decades: from Stonewall to the present
      "Fairies, nances, swishes, fags, lezzes — call 'em what you please — should of course be permitted to earn honest livings […]

Verb

nance (third-person singular simple present nances, present participle nancing, simple past and past participle nanced)

  1. (uncommon, slang) To move in a prissy or stereotypically gay way.
    nancing around in tight pants

Further reading

  • nance at OneLook Dictionary Search

Etymology 2

From Spanish nance

Noun

nance (plural nances)

  1. A large shrub or small tree of subtropical and tropical areas of the Americas, Byrsonima crassifolia, bearing a small, sweet, yellow fruit.

Anagrams

  • canne

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl nantzi.

Noun

nance m (plural nances)

  1. a fruit tree of the species Byrsonima crassifolia in the acerola family
  2. the fruit of this tree
  3. a kind of coffee grown in Costa Rica

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ance

English

Adverb

ance

  1. (chiefly Scotland) Alternative spelling of once

Anagrams

  • Caen, CanE, Cane, Cena, Nace, acne, cane

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