mony
9.9
A large number of people or things often in old Scots
- determiner
- Archaic
:
muchos
- He has mony friends in the village.
Examples
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There are mony reasons to celebrate.
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The poet wrote of mony days spent wandering the Scottish hills.
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In the old ballad, mony a hero fought bravely for his land.
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She had mony reasons to visit her family in the Highlands.
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In the old ballad, mony a hero fought bravely for his land.
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She had mony reasons to visit her family in the Highlands.
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The poet wrote of mony days spent wandering the Scottish hills.
How Many
Surface Forms
mony singular
Etymology
Mony is an old Scots and earlier English form of many, meaning 'many' or 'a lot'. That's why when you see mony in ballads or old poems it simply means 'many'.