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bonny

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: 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.

  1. Alternative spelling of bonnie (“attractive”).

    “[…]report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the mattin chime ere he quitted his bowl[…]”

    “ A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad,”

name

Etymology: Variant of Bonnie or Bonnet.

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky, United States.

noun

Etymology: Clipping of bonfire.

  1. Alternative spelling of bonnie (“bonfire”).