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Bonnie

//ˈbɒni// adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
Merry; happy.
"Be you blithe and bonny Converting all your sounds of woe Into Hey nonny, nonny."
2
Beautiful; pretty; attractive; handsome. Geordie, Scotland
"O once I lov'd a bonnie lass, / Aye, and I love her still"
3
Fine, good (often used ironically). Geordie, Scotland
"My bonnie friend, come over here."

Adjective

1
very pleasing to the eye wordnet

Proper Noun

1
A female given name from English.
"Rhett leaning over the child had said: 'Her eyes are going to be pea-green.' 'Indeed they are not,' cried Melanie indignantly, forgetting that Scarlett's eyes were almost that shade. 'They are going to be blue, like Mr O'Hara's eyes, as blue as - as blue as the bonnie blue flag.' 'Bonnie Blue Butler,' laughed Rhett, taking the child from her and peering more closely into the small eyes. And Bonnie she became until even her parents did not recall that she had been named for two queens."

Noun

1
A bonfire; chiefly one several storeys tall and burned to celebrate Eleventh Night. Northern-Ireland, colloquial

Etymology

Etymology 1

Originally an American nickname from Scottish bonnie (“fine, beautiful”).

Etymology 2

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 3

Clipping of bonfire.

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