"bonnie" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: bonnier [comparative], more bonnie [comparative], bonniest [superlative], most bonnie [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English *bonie (attested only rarely as bon, boun), probably from Old French bon, feminine bonne (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”). See bounty, and compare bonus, boon. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*bonie}} Middle English *bonie, {{m|enm|bon}} bon, {{m|enm|boun}} boun, {{der|en|fro|bon}} Old French bon, {{m|fro|bonne||good}} bonne (“good”), {{der|en|la|bonus||good}} Latin bonus (“good”), {{m|en|bounty}} bounty, {{m|en|bonus}} bonus, {{m|en|boon}} boon Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} bonnie (comparative bonnier or more bonnie, superlative bonniest or most bonnie)
  1. Merry; happy. Synonyms: frolicsome, cheerful, blithe, gay Translations (Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe): frejdig (Danish), wesoły [masculine] (Polish), ljuv (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bonnie-en-adj-0Yunyhtj Disambiguation of 'Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe': 93 3 3
  2. (Scotland, Geordie) Beautiful; pretty; attractive; handsome. Tags: Geordie, Scotland Categories (topical): Appearance Translations (Beautiful; pretty; attractive): hezký (Czech), pěkný (Czech), dathúil (Irish), dóighiúil (Irish), slachtmhar (Irish), piękny [masculine] (Polish), краси́вый (krasívyj) (Russian), ми́лый (mílyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-bonnie-en-adj-qpZoQ-wH Disambiguation of Appearance: 20 59 4 16 Categories (other): Geordie English, Scottish English Disambiguation of 'Beautiful; pretty; attractive': 2 97 1
  3. (Scotland, Geordie) Fine, good (often used ironically). Tags: Geordie, Scotland
    Sense id: en-bonnie-en-adj-UyVmkb2E Categories (other): Geordie English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bonny, bonie [obsolete]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: bonnies [plural]
Etymology: table Clipping of bonfire. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|bonfire}} table, {{clipping|en|bonfire}} Clipping of bonfire Head templates: {{en-noun}} bonnie (plural bonnies)
  1. (Northern Ireland, colloquial) Bonfire; chiefly one several storeys tall burnt to celebrate Eleventh Night. Tags: Northern-Ireland, colloquial
    Sense id: en-bonnie-en-noun-13qrC9g8 Categories (other): Northern Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 17 16 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 26 25 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bonny, bonie [obsolete]
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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