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Definition of Jouncy
1. marked by a jouncing motion [adj JOUNCIER, JOUNCIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jouncy
Literary usage of Jouncy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"... -jouncy. Awkward. Ea*t. HOUND. (1) A common term of reproach, «u in frequent
use. To hound a person, u abuse him. ..."
2. The Theatre, the Drama, the Girls by George Jean Nathan (1921)
"... indeed, vary the monotony of my antecedent cavils and impro- bations with a
little jouncy flag-wagging." Then I revolved the subject in my mind again. ..."
3. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"... -jouncy" in a clumsy, jumbling manner. I lately heard this sentence in an
evidence in a court—" He got him down and jounced on bin)," which the witness ..."
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