Middle English Dictionary Entry
dǒuceǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dǒuceǒur n. Also dousour. |
| Etymology | OF douçor, dousor. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Sweetness of manner, loving-kindness, amiability.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)429 : We leuen on Marye þat grace of grewe..for synglerty o hyr dousour, We calle hyr Fenyx of Arraby.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)189/20 : To Souerayns reuerence and honoure, to Subiectes helpe and Socoure, to fellowis company and douceoure, to al men be benure.