Definition of Bonny

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

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

Definition of Bonny

1. a. Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful.

2. n. A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.

Definition of Bonny

1. Adjective. (Geordie) (alternative spelling of bonnie) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bonny

1. pretty [adj -NIER, -NIEST] : BONNILY [adv] - See also: pretty

Medical Definition of Bonny

1. A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bonny

bonneting
bonnetless
bonnetlike
bonnets
bonnibel
bonnibels
bonnie
bonnier
bonnies
bonniest
bonnily
bonniness
bonninesses
bonnock
bonnocks
bonny (current term)
bonnyclabber
bonnyclabbers
bonobo
bonobos
bononian
bons vivants
bonsai
bonsais
bonsella
bonsellas
bonser
bonshtedtite
bonsmots
bonsoir

Literary usage of Bonny

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

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"bonny DUNDEE TO THE Lords of Convention 'twas Claver'se who spoke,— "Ere the King's crown shall fall there are crowns to be broke; So let each Cavalier who ..."

2. The Uncivilized Races of Men in All Countries of the World by John George Wood (1882)
"bonny is familiar to English ears on account of the yellow-black chief who was pleased to call himself king, and who was well known in England as Pepper, ..."

3. English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1915)
"But he lo'ea the youngest aboon a' thing, By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie. ... 30 "And ye sail be heir o' half my land"— By the bonny ..."

4. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry by Thomas Percy (1887)
"THE bonny EARL OF MURRAY. A SCOTTISH SONG. IN December 1591, Francis Stewart, Earl of Bothwell, had made an attempt to seiza on the person of his sovereign ..."

5. A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies by Ambrose Philips (1723)
"bonny Dundee: Or, Jockey's Deliverance. ... To an Excellent Tune, call'd bonny Dundee. ... and let me go free For Ife gang no more to bonny Dundee. ..."

6. The Household Book of Poetry by Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"By the bonny milldam» of Binnorie. " 0 sister, reach me but your glove, Binnorie, 0 Binnorie ; And sweet William shall be your love."— By the bonny milldam» ..."

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