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Definition of Jaunce
1. v. i. To ride hard; to jounce.
Definition of Jaunce
1. Verb. to prance, to frolic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jaunce
1. to prance [v JAUNCED, JAUNCING, JAUNCES] - See also: prance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jaunce
Literary usage of Jaunce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society by Cambridge Philological Society (1902)
"Jaunt seems to have arisen from an older form jaunce, by supposing it to represent
a plural ... 4, is probably the same as jaunce, as explained by Nares. ..."
2. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"jaunce' is in use in Sussex for a weary or tiring journey, see EDD. ... Perhaps the
same word as jaunce, taken as a plural; from jaunts thus evolved would ..."
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