canc

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• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sant͡s]

canc m inan

1. (chiefly in the plural) drivel, claptrap, balderdash

• Refers to a single foolish statement, idea etc. Used in the plural cancy to mean a speech consisting of more such instances:

  Nevykládej nám takové cancy! ― Don't tell us such drivel!

• “canc”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

From Proto-West Germanic *kank, from Proto-Germanic *kanką (“laughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *genǵ- (“to mock, insult”).

• IPA^(key): /kɑnk/, [kɑŋk]

canc n

1. jeering; scorn; derision

• ġecanc
• cancettan
• *cenċan
• *ċincan
• ċincung

• Middle English: *cank, cang
  • English: cank (dialectal)
  • ⇒? Scots: kang