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sonsier

sonsier is the comparative 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

Questions about sonsier

What is sonsier the comparative form of?
Sonsier is the comparative form of sonsy.

Words near sonsier in the dictionary

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

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