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bonnibel arch.|ˈbɒnɪˌbɛl| Also 6 bonibell, 7 bonnie-bell, 6 and 9 bonnibell, 8 bonibel, 9 bonny belle. [app. f. bonny a. + belle a. and n.; but possibly f. F. bonne et belle good and fair: cf. the equivalent bellibone.] Fair maid, bonny lass.
1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Aug. 62, I saw the bouncing, Bellibone; Hey ho Bonibell. Ibid. Apr. 92 Gloss., A bellibone, or a Bonibell, homely spoken for a fair mayde, or Bonilasse. 1600Lodge Engl. Helicon P b, She simpred smooth like bonnie-bell. 1823Lockhart Sp. Ballads, Vow Reduan ii, But bid a long farewell..To bower and bonni⁓bell, thy feasting and thy wooing! |