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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Quoth Rab to Kate, My sonsy clear, vol. ii.,
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
She was a big, sonsy woman, with full-blown peony cheeks and large, dreamy, brown eyes.
From Further Chronicles of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
"Fair fa' yer honest, sonsy face, Great chieftain o' the puddin' race."
From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mill, Mrs. (Jean Oliver)
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 Wilson, John Mackay
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.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
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