Sonsy (adjective)
Pronunciation: ['sahn-si or 'son-si]
Definition: Fortunate, lucky, having sonse (= good fortune); sensible, shrewd; (of girls) zaftig (zaftig definition) - (previous Word of the Day) (full-figured) and comely.
Usage: The noun is "sonse." There is no verb and it wouldn't be sensible—or sonsy—to say "sonsible." A rhyming antonym, donsy ['dahn-si] "unfortunate, unlucky" from Gaelic donas "bad luck," is available for lexical mischief if you are up to it. This latter adjective has no noun, though nothing prevents inventing "donsiness" if you wish to use it.
Suggested Usage: The first meaning of today's word is "lucky," "Fielding placed a sonsy bet at the track and won enough to pay for three-months of gamblers rehabilitation." It also means plump and pretty, "Matilda is a sonsy lass with a golden voice that brightens up evenings at the pub." Now for some mischief with the antonym: "I've had a sonsy-donsy day," would mean a day with ups and downs, with some good luck and some bad.
senescence 衰老
0 评论:
发表评论