dancy

dance +‎ -y

• Rhymes: -ænsi

dancy (comparative dancier or more dancy, superlative danciest or most dancy)

1. (of music, informal) Suitable for dancing to.

   After a few slow numbers, the band moved on to some more dancy tunes.

   • 1951, Billboard - May 12, 1951‎, page 10:

     This was the swingingest, danciest Ellington heard by most in a decade.

   • 1954, Collier's Illustrated Weekly - Volume 133‎, page 56:

     TOLBERT BIGAMY JONES was the danciest cowboy in our part of west Texas.

   • 1988 July 15, Sarah Kaufman, “Dance & More for $1.98”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     Joseph Holmes Dance Theatre member Darrian Ford and JHDT instructor Winifred Haun teamed up in Long Lunch, the danciest piece on the program.

From French danché (or an older form thereof). Compare dancetté.

dancy (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Synonym of dancetté

   a fess dancy

• Candy, candy