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bonnie
English
Alternative forms
- bonny
- bonie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English *boni (attested only rarely as bon, boun), probably from Old French bon, feminine bonne (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”). See bounty, and compare bonus, boon.
Adjective
bonnie (comparative more bonnie, superlative most bonnie)
- Merry; happy.
- Synonyms: frolicsome, cheerful, blithe, gay
- 'c. 1598 or 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
- Be you blithe and bonny
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into Hey nonny, nonny.
- Be you blithe and bonny
- (Tyneside, Scotland) Beautiful; pretty; attractive.
- (dialectal, Scotland, Northern England) Fine, good (often used ironically).
Translations
References
- bonnie in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Bonine, bone-in
Scots
Alternative forms
- bonny
Adjective
bonnie (comparative mair bonnie, superlative maist bonnie)
- handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful
References
- Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group / Word Lists / SCOTLAND C18/2 - A SELECTION FROM BURNS' VOCABULARY
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bonnier
English
Adjective
bonnier
- comparative form of bonny: more bonny
Anagrams
- inborne
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