Bon″ny (–ny̆), a. [Spelled bonnie by the Scotch.] [OE. boni, prob. fr. F. bon, fem. bonne, good, fr. L. bonus good. See Bounty, and cf. Bonus, Boon.] 1. Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful.
Till bonny Susan sped across the plain.
Gay.
Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr.
Burns.
2. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe.
Be you blithe and bonny.
Shak.
Report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the matin chime ere he quitted his bowl.
Sir W. Scott.