Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not sonsy; not buxom, plump, or good-looking. Bringing or boding ill luck; unlucky; ill-omened; unpropitious.
- Also spelled unsonsie, unsoncie.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Scot. Not soncy (sonsy); not fortunate.
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- adjective Scotland Not
fortunate .
Etymologies
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Examples
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We looked for our share of the victuals, but they told me old bl -- bl "---- Again he hesitated, evidently afraid that some" unsonsy "thing was behind him.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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‘Wha hast thou brought here, thou unsonsy villain, thou?’ said an old woman, apparently in great indignation.
Waverley 2004
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But it will be past sunset afore I get back frae the Captain's, and at these unsonsy hours the glen has a bad name --- there's something no that canny about auld Janet Gellatley.
The Waverley 1877
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` ` Wha hast thou brought here, thou unsonsy villain thou? '' said an old woman, apparently in great indignation.
The Waverley 1877
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'Wha hast thou brought here, thou unsonsy villain, thou?' said an old woman, apparently in great indignation.
Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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But it will be past sunset afore I get back frae the Captain's, and at these unsonsy hours the glen has a bad name; there's something no that canny about auld Janet Gellatley.
Waverley — Volume 2 Walter Scott 1801
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'Wha hast thou brought here, thou unsonsy villain, thou?' said an old woman, apparently in great indignation.
Waverley Walter Scott 1801
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'Wha hast thou brought here, thou unsonsy villain, thou?' said an old woman, apparently in great indignation.
Waverley — Volume 2 Walter Scott 1801
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But it will be past sunset afore I get back frae the Captain's, and at these unsonsy hours the glen has a bad name; there's something no that canny about auld Janet Gellatley.
Waverley Walter Scott 1801
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But it will be past sunset afore I get back frae the Captain's, and at these unsonsy hours the glen has a bad name; there's something no that canny about auld Janet Gellatley.
Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801
qms commented on the word unsonsy
The crop's in the barn and he's raunchy -
The squire wants buxom and paunchy;
The bony and slight
Remind him of blight
Like a season that's dry and unsonsy.
March 13, 2015