sonsy

American  

[son-see] / ˈsɒn si /

Also sonsie.

adjective

Scot. and North England, Irish English.

sonsier, sonsiest

1. strong and healthy; robust.

2. agreeable; good-natured.

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sonsy British  

/ ˈsɒnsɪ /

adjective

1. plump; buxom; comely

2. cheerful; good-natured

3. lucky

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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

She listened to the talk of the men with a faint smile about her weary lips, her eyes upon the sonsy range.

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas

Don't be sorry!—" said Faith, looking as fearless and sonsy as any real piece of mignonette that ever shook its brown head in the wind;—"I wouldn't tell you, only you must see it.

From Say and Seal, Volume II by Warner, Susan

Susan Fergusson at five-and-forty was sonsy to the last degree.

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

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 Trevelyan, George Otto, Sir

Davey saw no more of her than her sonsy face, surrounded with the fair wisps of curls.

From The Pioneers by Prichard, Katharine Susannah