Meaning of trancy | Babel Free

Definitions

Resembling a trance or trance-like state

Examples

“Artfully vague words are the most trancy of all words. What we say and how we say it are our two powers for hypnotizing.”

“Of particular interest here is not only the role of African songs in the “finding my voice” narrative but also the reference to “accessing my tribal person” and entering “a kind of trancy state”, formulations that clearly point, once again, to the transformative potential of performance and the liminal state to which it allows access.”

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