bonny Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite very pleasing to the eye
    sightly; comely; bonnie; fair.
    • my bonny lass
    • there's a bonny bay beyond
    • a comely face
    • young fair maidens

WordNet

Bon"ny adjective
Etymology
OE. boni, prob. fr. F. bon, fem. bonne, good, fr. L. bonus good. See Bounty, and cf. Bonus, Boon.
Definitions
  1. Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful.
    Till bonny Susan sped across the plain. Gay.
    Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr. Burns.
  2. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe.
    Be you blithe and bonny. Shak.
    Report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the matichime ere he quitted his bowl. Sir W. Scott.
Bon"ny noun
Definitions
  1. (Mining) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.

Webster 1913