bonnie
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See also: Bonnie
English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English *bonie (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
[edit]bonnie (comparative bonnier or more bonnie, superlative bonniest or most bonnie)
- Merry; happy.
- Synonyms: frolicsome, cheerful, blithe, gay
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- Be you blithe and bonny
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into Hey nonny, nonny.
- (Scotland, Geordie) Beautiful; pretty; attractive; handsome.
- 1774, “Handsome Nell”, Robert Burns (lyrics), published 1803:
- O once I lov'd a bonnie lass, / Aye, and I love her still
- (Scotland, Geordie) Fine, good (often used ironically).
- My bonnie friend, come over here.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Beautiful; pretty; attractive
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]bonnie (plural bonnies)
- (Northern Ireland, colloquial) A bonfire; chiefly one several storeys tall and burned to celebrate Eleventh Night.
References
[edit]- “bonnie”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Scots
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bonnie (comparative mair bonnie, superlative maist bonnie)
- Alternative spelling of bonny
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