unsonsy

[uhn-son-see]

adjective British Dialect.

bringing or boding ill luck.

Origin of unsonsy

First recorded in 1550–60; un-¹ + sonsy

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Historical Examples of unsonsy

He feared to clod it; for it was an unsonsy like beast, and he had a druther that it wasna a canny creature.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland
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