Undancing

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not dancing. not-comparable

    "January 7, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann We had a little ball the other night at Mrs. Boothby's, and by dancing, did not perceive an earthquake, which frightened all the undancing part of the town."

Example

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"January 7, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann We had a little ball the other night at Mrs. Boothby's, and by dancing, did not perceive an earthquake, which frightened all the undancing part of the town."

Etymology

From un- + dancing.

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