nance
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Etymology 1 edit
From nancy. As a verb, cf. prance, dance, and mince.
Noun edit
nance (plural nances)
- (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 edit
nance (third-person singular simple present nances, present participle nancing, simple past and past participle nanced)
- (uncommon, slang) To move in a prissy or stereotypically effeminate manner.
- nancing around in tight pants
Further reading edit
- “nance”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
nance (plural nances)
- A large shrub or small tree of subtropical and tropical areas of the Americas, Byrsonima crassifolia, bearing a small, sweet, yellow fruit.
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl nantzi.
Noun edit
nance m (plural nances)
- a fruit tree of the species Byrsonima crassifolia in the acerola family
- the fruit of this tree
- a kind of coffee grown in Costa Rica
Further reading edit
- “nance”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014