Definition of Bonnie

1. Adjective. Very pleasing to the eye. "Young fair maidens"

Exact synonyms: Bonny, Comely, Fair, Sightly
Similar to: Beautiful
Derivative terms: Comeliness, Fairness

Definition of Bonnie

1. a. See Bonny, a.

Definition of Bonnie

1. Proper noun. (English female given name). ¹

2. Adjective. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe. ¹

3. Adjective. (Geordie) Beautiful; pretty; attractive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bonnie

1. bonny [adj] - See also: bonny

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bonnie

bonnet bellflower
bonnet drama
bonnet dramas
bonnet macaque
bonnet monkey
bonnet shark
bonneted
bonnethead
bonnetheads
bonneting
bonnetless
bonnetlike
bonnets
bonnibel
bonnibels
bonnie (current term)
bonnier
bonnies
bonniest
bonnily
bonniness
bonninesses
bonnock
bonnocks
bonny
bonnyclabber
bonnyclabbers
bonobo
bonobos
bononian

Literary usage of Bonnie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Arthur Stedman, Edmund Clarence Stedman (1894)
"THE bonnie BLUE FLAG. WE are a band of brothers, and native to the soil, ... Hurrah! hurrah 1 for the bonnie Blue Flag That bears a single star. ..."

2. The New England Magazine by Making of America Project (1886)
"bonnie harebells, bonnie harebells, Sound out clear; Tell a little. watching ... bonnie harebells. bonnie harebells, Ring, oh. ring All the world with ..."

3. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"THE bonnie BLUE FLAG By HARRY McCARTHY [Like "Dixie," this famous song? originated in the ... Hurrah for the bonnie Blue Flag that bears a Single Star! ..."

4. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"Come rally round the bonnie Blue Flag That bears a single star! We've borne the Yankee trickery, The Yankee gibe and sneer, Till Yankee insolence and pride ..."

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