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sonsy

[ son-see ]

adjective

Scot. and North England, Irish English.
sonsier, sonsiest.
  1. strong and healthy; robust.
  2. agreeable; good-natured.


sonsy

/ ˈɒԲɪ /

adjective

  1. plump; buxom; comely
  2. cheerful; good-natured
  3. lucky
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sonsy1

1525–35; sonse “prosperity, good fortune” ( Middle English ( Scots ) < Scots Gaelic sonas, Middle Irish sonus, derivative of sona “prosperous, happy,” Old Irish son ) + -y 1( def ); donsie
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sonsy1

C16: from Gaelic sonas good fortune
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Sometimes it was the rickety, black-timbered porch, garlanded with vine; a sonsy, blond-haired young Flemish maiden sat there, and twirled the bobbins on a lace-cushion, in a warm yellow flicker of sunshine.

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Sarah was delighted, so was the nurse—a young sonsy Scotch lass brought to the station on purpose to attend to baby.

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Refusing her kind offer with thanks, I produced a sonsy specimen of Betty's laundry-work, which I rolled round my right-hand thumb.

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Davey saw no more of her than her sonsy face, surrounded with the fair wisps of curls.

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There was just one other inmate of this sequestered apartment—a large, sonsy, gaucy cat.

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