Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Polari)Good.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. He's a bona fide coffee connoisseur.

  2. He didn't miss the opportunity to tout his bona fides.

  3. Surprisingly, Toki Pona wasn't directly inspired by La Bona Lingvo.

  4. She came, the Phoenician from Bona; and she sowed discord among the brothers.

  5. Though some have been claiming ownership of extraterrestrial land, to include the Moon, are these claims bona fide?

Origin

Borrowed from Sabir bona (“good”), from Italian buono (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”),

Borrowed from Sabir bona (“good”), from Italian buono (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos (“good”), from Proto-Italic *dwenos (“good”). Doublet of bonus.

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Forms

more bona, most bona
Comparativemore bona Lesson
Superlativemost bona Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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