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noncy

adj

Etymology

From nonce + -y. Sense 2 is probably after poncy.

  1. derived from to þen anes
  2. inherited from nonse
  3. suffixed as noncy — “nonce + y”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a nonce, or sex offender.

    • He was a noncy guy. […] The nonce whispered something in the kid's ear, squeezed his arse, and got his face opened up from ear to ear.
    • 'Are you saying I look like a noncy man doll?' Dutch asked. 'You're not exactly the rugged SAS action man type we're all made out to be are ya mate?'

  2. Pretentious, affected, fancy.

    • Yeah, he’s getting a bit noncy, ain’t he lately? I seen him walking down the high street the other day with his Filofax held up in front of him.
    • IN a survey of nine cities, Prima magazine claimed that Geordie men were the least likely to help a damsel in distress. Now, as a native of Newcastle I will not have noncy London magazines casting aspersions on our menfolk.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for noncy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA