bonny
adjective/ˈbɒni/
/ˈbɑːni/
(also bonnie)
(comparative bonnier, superlative bonniest)
(dialect, especially Scottish English)- very pretty; attractive
- a bonny baby/lass
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBonny is used with these nouns:- baby
Word Originlate 15th cent.: perhaps related to Old French bon ‘good’.Want to learn more?
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