Definitions for bona-fide

bona-fide bo·na fide

Spelling: [boh-nuh fahyd, bon-uh; Bona-Fide is a 9 letter English word.

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Definitions for bona-fide

adjective

  1. made, done, presented, etc., in good faith; without deception or fraud:
  2. authentic; true:

Origin of bona-fide

First recorded in 1935-45, bona fide is from the Latin word bonā fidē

Examples for bona-fide

They had not a bona fide delegation from any Southern State.

Stephen Hawking is not only a bona fide genius, but also one of the most resilient men on the planet.

He had made them bona fide, in the interest of his conscience later on.

"It was no mockery—it was a bona fide marriage," he returned.

A conservative coloring book publisher is out with a new title imagining the tea party heartthrob as a bona fide superhero.

The Facebook co-founder and his politically ambitious husband embodied all the attributes of a bona fide “gay power couple.”

Another sent back a flat-screen television with a bona fide tombstone within.

By the time the CFDA awards rolled round in early 1994, Moss was a bona fide star.

The purchase of the face powder might have been quite innocent and bona fide.

And your acquaintance with him is positively and bona fide of a state nature?

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