adj.
Pronunciation: ' düs
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, sweet, pleasant, from Anglo-French, from feminine of duz, douz, from Latin dulcis sweet ― more at DULCET
Date: 1721
chiefly Scottish : SOBER , SEDATE <the douce faces of the mourners ― L. J. A. Bell>
– douce · ly adverb chiefly Scottish