bonny


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bonny /ˈbɒni/ (also bonnie)
adjective (bonnier, bonniest) chiefly Scottish & N. English
  • 1 physically attractive or healthy-looking.
  • 2 sizeable; considerable: it's worth a bonny sum.
– derivatives
bonnily adverb,
bonniness noun.
– origin C15: perh. rel. to OFr. bon ‘good’.
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