Sonsy

//ˈsɒnsi// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves wordnet

Synonyms

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bigbosomybustybuxomcurvaceouscurvy

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"[…]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.

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