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Added 10 October 2026

bonny

adjective

Latin root: bonus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about bonny at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Very pleasing to the eye.
my bonny lass

Origin

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.

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