doux, douce

doux, douce (FR ADJ) sweet-tasting; agreeable to the touch by virtue of softness, smoothness, or suppleness; producing calm and delicate enjoyment; possessing nothing extreme or excessive; of a person who neither hurts anyone nor imposes on anyone, and who does not become angry. When found as a musical indication this word usually means soft or gentle, rather than the literal sweet. First appears in French in 1080 spelled dulz, from Latin dulcis. (Anon., Apollinaire, Banville, Baudelaire…