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sonsie

sonsie is the alternative form of sonsy.

Meaning of sonsy

Adjective

sonsy (comparative more sonsy, superlative most sonsy)

  1. (Northumbria, Scotland, archaic) lucky; fortunate; thriving; plump
    • […]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.1824, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 10, in Redgauntlet
    Synonyms:
    voluptuous
    Antonyms:
    unsonsy

Forms of sonsie

comparativemore sonsie
superlativemost sonsie

Questions about sonsie

What is sonsie the alternative form of?
Sonsie is the alternative form of sonsy.

Words near sonsie in the dictionary

  1. sons-of-bitches
  2. sons-out-law
  3. sonsabitches
  4. sonship
  5. sonships
  6. sonsie
  7. sonsier
  8. sonsign
  9. sonsigns
  10. sonsofbitches
  11. Sonson

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