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[syn: bonny, bonnie, comely, fair, sightly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bonnie \Bon"nie\ (b[o^]n"n[y^]), a. [Scot.]
See Bonny, a.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bonny \Bon"ny\ (-n[y^]), a. [Spelled bonnie by the Scotch.]
[OE. boni, prob. fr. F. bon, fem. bonne, good, fr. L. bonus
good. See Bounty, and cf. Bonus, Boon.]
1. Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and
graceful.
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Till bonny Susan sped across the plain. --Gay.
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Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr. --Burns.
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2. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe.
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Be you blithe and bonny. --Shak.
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Report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the
matin chime ere he quitted his bowl. --Sir W.
Scott.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bonnie
adj 1: very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a
bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens"
[syn: bonny, bonnie, comely, fair, sightly]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Bonnie, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 424
Housing Units (2000): 196
Land area (2000): 1.233141 sq. miles (3.193820 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000261 sq. miles (0.000675 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.233402 sq. miles (3.194495 sq. km)
FIPS code: 07263
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 38.204188 N, 88.905599 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62816
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bonnie, IL
Bonnie