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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SONSY

SONSY Son "sy, a.

Defn: See Soncy. [Scot. ] Burns.

New American Oxford Dictionary

sonsy

son sy |ˈsänsē ˈsənzi |(also sonsie ) ▶adjective ( sonsier, sonsiest ) Scottish literary having an attractive and healthy appearance. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (also in the sense ‘lucky ’): from Irish and Scottish Gaelic sonas ‘good fortune ’ (from sona ‘fortunate ’) + -y 1 .

Oxford Dictionary

sonsy

sonsy |ˈsɒnsi |(also sonsie ) ▶adjective ( sonsier, sonsiest ) Scottish literary having an attractive and healthy appearance. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (also in the sense ‘lucky ’): from Irish and Scottish Gaelic sonas ‘good fortune ’ (from sona ‘fortunate ’) + -y 1 .