Meaning

1 senses
  1. A large shrub or small tree of subtropical and tropical areas of the Americas, Byrsonima crassifolia, bearing a small, sweet, yellow fruit.

More definitions
  • offensive term for a homosexual man

Examples

1 sentences
  1. People with strange outfits were nancing around at the so-called Pride Parade.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From American Spanish nance, from Classical Nahuatl.

From American Spanish nance, from Classical Nahuatl.

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Forms

plural: nances
Singularnance
Pluralnances

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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