bony

• boney

From Middle English bony, equivalent to bone +‎ -y.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊni/

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• Rhymes: -əʊni

bony (comparative bonier, superlative boniest)

1. Resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.
2. Full of bones.
3. With little flesh; skinny, thin.

   That bony fellow could use a few hot dinners.

4. Having prominent bones.

• NOYB

Unknown. Probably of pre-Roman origin. First attested in 1372.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈboɲ]

bony m (plural bonys)

1. bulk, lump, bump

• bonyegut
• bunyol

• “bony”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “bony” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bony” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

bony

1. alternative spelling of bonny

• “bonnie, adj., adv., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 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.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 June 2024, reproduced from William 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.