Sonsy
/ˈsɒnsi/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 lucky; fortunate; thriving; plump Northumbria, Scotland, archaic
"[…]as black a Jacobite as the auld leaven can make him; but a sonsy, merry companion, that none of us think it worth while to break wi' for all his brags and his clavers."
Adjective
- 1 (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves wordnet
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More examples"[…]as black a Jacobite as the auld leaven can make him; but a sonsy, merry companion, that none of us think it worth while to break wi' for all his brags and his clavers."
Etymology
From Scots, from Scottish Gaelic sonasach.