Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySweet; nice; pleasant. · Serious and quiet; steady, not flighty or casual; sober.
From Middle English douce, from Old French dolz, dous, Middle French doux, douce, from Latin dulcis (“sweet”). Doublet of dolce, doux, and dulce.
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