Saw this on an OLD cigarette sign in Durham today...didn't know what it meant. The sign said "More Douce".
douce
Pronunciation: 'düs
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, sweet, pleasant, from Anglo-French, from feminine of duz, douz, from Latin dulcis sweet -- more at DULCET
chiefly Scottish : SOBER, SEDATE <the douce faces of the mourners -- L. J. A. Bell>
- douce·ly adverb, chiefly Scottish
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