conny

See also: Conny

English

Etymology

Compare canny, cunning.

Adjective

conny (comparative more conny, superlative most conny)

1. (Scotland, archaic) brave; fine; canny
   • 1763, Charles Churchill, The Prophecy of Famine: A Scots Pastoral:

     As down the bray he march'd with ample stride;
     David as conny a man as one might see,
     With whom he often crack'd with muckle glee

References

• “conny”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Cynon, noncy