Definitions for Bonny

Bonny bon·ny

Spelling: [bon-ee]
IPA: /ˈbɒn i/

Bonny is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in Bonny (bnnoy).

Definitions for Bonny

noun

  1. Scot. and North England Archaic. a pretty girl or young woman.
  2. a female given name: from the Latin word meaning “good.”.

adverb

  1. British Dialect. pleasingly; agreeably; very well.

adjective

  1. Chiefly Scot. pleasing to the eye; handsome; pretty.
  2. British Dialect. (of people) healthy, sweet, and lively. (of places) placid; tranquil. pleasing; agreeable; good.

Origin of Bonny

1425-75; late Middle English (Scots) bonie, perhaps Old French bon good + -ie -y1, perhaps by analogy with jolie jolly

Examples for Bonny

bonny never noticed that she had tears in her soft eyes now.

And a scraichin fear grippit me, 'at I was turnin fause to the bonny man.

"Ey, I shouldn't wonder but this is a bonny paying consarn," he thought.

The earth-house had no longer any attraction for Steenie: the bonny man was not there; he was risen!

And yet she is a bonny winsome maid, that I canna cast off.'

Naething but a bonny wee bairnie, whause mither has tint it!

He's got a bonny son of his own, they're telling me, so what for should he be wanting mine?

Here be lilies in the cheeks, and not roses such as befit a bonny bride.

It's no possible he's ever seen the bonny man as I hae seen him!'

bonny Island in Nigeria and St. Michael's in Maryland had much in common in colonial times.

Word Value for Bonny
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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