dauncy

English

Etymology

From Scots donsie.

Adjective

dauncy (comparative more dauncy, superlative most dauncy)

1. (US, regional) Sick; delicate.
   • 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 71:

     I had a dauncy spell but no one heard me over the wind.