bonny

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɒni === Etymology 1 === From Middle English *boni (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 ==== bonny (comparative bonnier or more bonny, superlative bonniest or most bonny) (Geordie) Alternative spelling of bonnie (“attractive”). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== References ===== Frank Graham, editor (1987), “BONNY”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN. Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1] Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4 “bonny”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === Clipping of bonfire. ==== Noun ==== bonny (plural bonnies) (Northern Ireland, informal) Alternative spelling of bonnie (“bonfire”). == Scots == === Alternative forms === boannie, bonie, bonnie, bony === Adjective === bonny (comparative mair bonny, superlative maist bonny) handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful === References === “bonny, adj., adv., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC. == Yola == === Noun === bonny alternative form of boney === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 27