bonny
pronunciation
How to pronounce bonny in British English:
UK ['bɒnɪ]
How to pronounce bonny in American English:
US [ˈbɑni]
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- Adjective:
- very pleasing to the eye
Word Origin
- bonny (adj.)
- 1540s, of unknown origin, apparently from Old French bon, bone "good" (see bon).
Example
- 1. My mother was the most bonny blackamoor I ever saw .
- 2. You 're as trim and as bonny as a sloop .
- 3. Don 't be hard on the bonny lass .
- 4. Sunday 's child is bonny , blithe and good and gay .
- 5. Bonny : don 't tie it to that old branch .