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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Refusing her kind offer with thanks, I produced a sonsy specimen of Betty's laundry-work, which I rolled round my right-hand thumb.
From Betty Grier by Joseph Laing Waugh
"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
She tied up her sonsy beast, that was, like herself, fat as pats of butter, to the yettpost of the miser's garden.
From Deep Moat Grange by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Still these sonsy Scots kept a good heart and were able to jest at their misfortunes with the grim humour that belongs to their race.
From The New North by Agnes Deans Cameron
Mrs. Lynde was behind her, sonsy, kindly, matronly, as of yore.
From Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
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