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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)

  1. 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.
  2. (Tyneside, Scotland) Beautiful; pretty; attractive.
  3. (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)

  1. 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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nonnie

English

Interjection

nonnie

  1. Alternative form of nonny

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