FromMiddle Englishbony, equivalent tobone +-y.
bony (comparativebonier,superlativeboniest)
- resembling, having theappearance orconsistence of, or relating tobone;osseous.
- full ofbones
- with littleflesh;skinny,thin
- havingprominentbones
resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone
with little flesh; skinny, thin
Unknown. Probably of pre-Roman origin. First attested in 1372.[1]
bony m (pluralbonys)
- bulk,lump,bump
bony
- Alternative spelling ofbonny
- “bonnie,adj., adv., n.”, inThe Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh:Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present,→OCLC, retrieved7 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors,The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh:Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976,→OCLC.
- “bony,adj.”, inThe Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh:Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present,→OCLC, retrieved7 June 2024, reproduced fromWilliam A[lexander] Craigie,A[dam] J[ack] Aitken[et al.], editors,A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire:Oxford University Press, 1931–2002,→OCLC.
