Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adv
sunny side up
noun
A sunfish.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryFeaturing a lot of sunshine. · Receiving a lot of sunshine. · Cheerful. · Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.
From Middle English sunni, from Old English *sunniġ. Cognate with West Frisian sinnich, Low German sünnig, sonnig, Dutch zonnig, German sonnig. Equivalent to sun + -y.
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