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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]