Bon"ny (&?;), 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.