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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. very pleasing to the eye;
- Example: "my bonny lass"
- Example: "there's a bonny bay beyond"
- Example: "a comely face"
- Example: "young fair maidens"
[syn: bonny, bonnie, comely, fair, sightly]



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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bonny \Bon"ny\, n. (Mining)
   A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not
   communicating with a vein.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bonny
    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]