(archaic, Scotland, Northumbria) lucky; fortunate; thriving; plump.
(archaic, Scotland, Northumbria) lucky; fortunate; thriving; plump.
as black a Jacobite as the auld leaven can make him; but a sonsy, merry companion, that none of us think it worth while to break wi' for all his brags and his clavers.
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Scottish dialect for unlucky, ill-fated, or just generally cursed-feeling. Derived from 'sonsy' (fortunate, thriving, healthy), slapping 'un-' on the front flips it to its gloomy opposite. In older Scottish and Northumbrian usage you might call a person, a plan, or even a day unsonsy when bad luck seems to cling to it. It has the flavour of a polite way to say 'jinxed.'
(Scotland, Northumbria) Not fortunate.
(Scotland, archaic) Brave; fine; canny.
(Scotland) spongy; soft; fat and puffy.
(UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Rare; wonderful; admirable.