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   bonny

   /ˈbɒni/

   adjective

   • 1. attractive or beautiful: Scottish, Northern English "a bonny lass"
   • ▪ (of a baby) plump and healthy-looking. Scottish, Northern English
   • ▪ sizeable (usually expressing approval): Scottish, Northern English "it's worth a thousand pounds, a bonny sum"

   noun

   • 1. used as a form of address for one's beloved or baby. literary

   Word Origin late 15th century: perhaps related to Old French bon ‘good’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bonnily adverb
   • 2. bonniness noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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