dance-happy

English

Etymology

From dance +‎ happy, probably modelled on trigger-happy.

Adjective

dance-happy (comparative more dance-happy, superlative most dance-happy)

  1. Having a tendency or desire to dance; prone to dancing.
    • 2001, Susan Filipiak, "Mistaken Identity", The Gasbag, issue 218, 6.
      They supported my “What is Dance” project which brought dance right into our local schools and reached hundreds and hundreds of dance-happy kids.
    • 2005, Helene Scheff, RDE, Marty Sprague, MA, and Susan McGreevy-Nichols, Experiencing Dance. From Student to Dance Artist, publ. by Human Kinetics, vi.
      We hope that you do catch this excitement and remain dance-happy for the rest of your life … if not as a dancer then as a dance advocate, dance audience, and dance enthusiast.
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