bonninessn.

Brit.

/ˈbɒnɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈbɑninᵻs/, Scottish English /ˈbɔnɪnᵻs/, Irish English

/ˈbɑninəs/

Forms: 1600s bonynes, 1700s bonnyness, 1700s bonyness, 1700s– bonnieness, 1800s– bonniness.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bonny adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < bonny adj. + -ness suffix.

Chiefly Scottish, English regional (chiefly northern and midlands), and Irish English (northern).

The quality of being bonny; beauty, attractiveness; (esp. of a baby or child) healthy plumpness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > specifically of humans

fairnessOE

beautya1350

looksc1400

pertnessc1450

well-favouredness1545

thews1567

good looks1591

bonniness1603

good-lookingness1828

1603 Philotus i. sig. A3 Ȝour bonynes ȝour bewtie bricht.

1740 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (ed. 10) 381 Her bonnyness has been foreseen In ilka town baith far and near.

1766 A. Nicol Poems Several Subj. 177 The other now is Colin's residence, For bonnieness might lodge a king or prince.

1878 Chambers's Jrnl. 22 June 393/2 His mean attire and unhealthy look contrasted strangely with..the bonniness of a little girl of some three years.

1882 ‘A. Thomas’ Allerton Towers II. i. 6 Ethel seems to have lost the bonnieness and roundness of youth.

1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song i. 47 And Will one Sunday..heard fall from the minister's lips the word Jehovah, and treasured it for the bonniness and the beauty of it.

1947 Times 26 June 3/2 The improved vitality and ‘bonniness’ of babies was..due to the higher standard of infant care.

2010 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 12 Nov. 18 A lady complimented a young mum on the bonniness of her little girl.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	bonniness
释义	bonninessn. Brit. /ˈbɒnɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈbɑninᵻs/, Scottish English /ˈbɔnɪnᵻs/, Irish English /ˈbɑninəs/ Forms: 1600s bonynes, 1700s bonnyness, 1700s bonyness, 1700s– bonnieness, 1800s– bonniness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bonny adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < bonny adj. + -ness suffix. Chiefly Scottish, English regional (chiefly northern and midlands), and Irish English (northern). The quality of being bonny; beauty, attractiveness; (esp. of a baby or child) healthy plumpness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > specifically of humans fairnessOE beautya1350 looksc1400 pertnessc1450 well-favouredness1545 thews1567 good looks1591 bonniness1603 good-lookingness1828 1603 Philotus i. sig. A3 Ȝour bonynes ȝour bewtie bricht. 1740 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (ed. 10) 381 Her bonnyness has been foreseen In ilka town baith far and near. 1766 A. Nicol Poems Several Subj. 177 The other now is Colin's residence, For bonnieness might lodge a king or prince. 1878 Chambers's Jrnl. 22 June 393/2 His mean attire and unhealthy look contrasted strangely with..the bonniness of a little girl of some three years. 1882 ‘A. Thomas’ Allerton Towers II. i. 6 Ethel seems to have lost the bonnieness and roundness of youth. 1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song i. 47 And Will one Sunday..heard fall from the minister's lips the word Jehovah, and treasured it for the bonniness and the beauty of it. 1947 Times 26 June 3/2 The improved vitality and ‘bonniness’ of babies was..due to the higher standard of infant care. 2010 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 12 Nov. 18 A lady complimented a young mum on the bonniness of her little girl. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1603
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