douceur

Meanings

Plural: douceurs

Noun

Sweetness of manner: agreeableness, gentleness.
Sweet speech: a compliment.
A sweetener: a gift offered to sweeten another's attitude, a tip or bribe.
A tax break provided as an inducement to sell valuable items (especially art) to public collections rather than on the open market.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French douceur (“sweetness”), from Old French dolçor, dulcur, etc., from Latin dulcōr + -em, from dulcis (“sweet”). Naturalized in Middle English as douceoure, dousour but treated as a French loanword from the 17th century onward. Doublet of dulcour.

Synonyms

and Thesaurus:bribe, gift, gratuity, praise

Scrabble Score: 10

douceur is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
douceur is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
douceur is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

douceur is a valid Words With Friends word