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   Bon·ny

   /ˈbänē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. attractive or beautiful: Scottish, Northern English "a bonny lass"
   • ▪ (of a baby) plump and healthy-looking. Scottish, Northern English
   • ▪ sizable; considerable (usually expressing approval): Scottish, Northern English "it's worth a thousand pounds, a bonny sum"

   noun

   • 1. used as a form of address for one's beloved or baby. literary

   Word Origin late 15th century: perhaps related to Old French bon ‘good’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bonnily adverb
   • 2. bonniness noun

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   What does Bonny mean?

   • • Photographs indicate that she was a bonny young lass likely to stir the emotions of any number of local young men. Origin bonny (1400-1500) Probably from Old French bon “good”, from Latin bonus; → BONUS bonny meaning, definition, what is bonny: pretty and healthy: Learn more.

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   What does Bonny mean in Scotland?

   • In Scotland a bonny is slang for bonfire but the song isn’t to be taken literally it’s not about an actual bonfire. “The Bonny”’s just a metaphor for dreaming something into existence and building it bigger, and even if you don’t care enough about yourself to do it for your own good, maybe try doing it for the people you love.

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   What does Boni mean?

   • (mining) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein. Middle English boni, probably from Old French bon, feminine bonne (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”). See bounty, and compare bonus, boon.

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   What is a bonny Penny?

   • The practice of flying around the globe in Concorde, which must have cost the tax payer a bonny penny. 4. Having a happy, jovial, or pleasant appearance or disposition; jolly, cheerful-looking, smiling. Frequently in collocation with blithe. A countrie lasse, that was a blythe and bonny wench.

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   An attractive or beloved person or animal. Frequently as a form of address, esp. in my bonny, my bonnies.

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   attractive or beautiful a bonny lass 2. (of a baby) plump and healthy-looking 3. sizeable (usually expressing approval) it's worth a thousand pounds , a bonny sum noun my bonny ( literary ) used as a form of address for one's beloved or baby

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   bonny meaning, definition, what is bonny: pretty and healthy: Learn more.

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   pretty: a bonny lass and laddie (= a pretty girl and handsome boy). British Terms pleasing; agreeable: a bonny idea.

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   Bonny definition: pleasing to the eye; handsome; pretty. See examples of BONNY used in a sentence.