Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bonnag

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bon-nag
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flat cake, sometimes made with dried fruit.

Example Sentences

"Such were the doings in the big house down in the valley, while up in the thatched cottage behind the water-trough, on potatoes and herrings and barley bonnag, lived Bridget and her little Pete."
"[…] being assigned to my Aunt Bridget, provided that I should henceforward live on the ground floor and eat oaten cake and barley bonnag and sleep alone in the cold room over the hall […]"
"These delicacies are widely exported and are also part of the Island's cuisine along with fresh fish, lobsters, Manx lamb, kippers and bonnag."
"The aroma of baking pastry beckoned from the confectionery next door. “I'd like to try some typical cake.” Amandine pleaded. Gudrad got her a bonnag, a sort of scone made with buttermilk. / […] / On the way she bought some bonnags at the corner bakery."
"Traditionally, the boys of the Isle of Man would go from house to house carrying turnips or cabbages on sticks and hope to be rewarded with apples, bonnag (a tea plate-sized fruit cake), herring and possibly some sweets […]"

Etymology

From Manx bonnag. Compare Irish bonnóg (“bannock, scone”), based on Latin pānicum (“millet”). Doublet of bannock.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: bonnag, pānicum

Inflected Forms

bonnags (plural)

Questions

What does bonnag mean?: A flat cake, sometimes made with dried fruit.
Where does bonnag come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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