sonsy
Americanadjective
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strong and healthy; robust.
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agreeable; good-natured.
adjective
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plump; buxom; comely
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cheerful; good-natured
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lucky
Etymology
Origin of sonsy
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. ); cf. donsie
Example Sentences
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David, as he trudged sorrowfully homeward across the fields, carried with him the mental picture of a plump, sonsy woman, in a trim dress of plum-coloured homespun and ruffled blue-check apron, haloed by candlelight.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
A change came over her sonsy, smiling face.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
She wasna what people would ca' a pretty girl, for I hae seen her; but she had a sonsy face and intelligent een.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 by John Mackay Wilson
For ladies, we had her Grace of—; and her daughter Lady—, a fine, buxom, sonsy lass, with more colour than, I am sorry to say, is often seen among fine ladies.
From Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 by Sir George Otto Trevelyan
"Is she a pretty girl?" said the Duke; "her sister does not get beyond a good comely sonsy lass."
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 by Sir Walter Scott
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