First Known Use: 1665
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bona fides
noun bo·na fi·des \ˌbō-nə-ˈfī-ˌdēz, ÷ˈbō-nə-ˌfīdz\
: evidence which shows that what you have said about yourself is true : evidence showing that you deserve a position or that you can be trusted
Full Definition of BONA FIDES
1
: good faith : sincerity
2
: the fact of being genuine —often plural in construction
3
: evidence of one's good faith or genuineness —often plural in construction
4
: evidence of one's qualifications or achievements —often plural in construction
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Origin of BONA FIDES
Latin, literally, good faith
Rhymes with BONA FIDES
Abdülaziz, Albigenses, Aragonese, archdiocese, Averroës, Barcelonese, bureaucratese, cheval-de-frise, computerese, Diogenes, Dodecanese, Dutch elm disease, Egas Moniz, Eumenides, Euripides, Florida Keys, governmentese, Great Pyrenees, Hesperides, Hippocrates, Hippomenes, Indo-Chinese, kissing disease, mad cow disease, Marie-Louise, officialese, Pentagonese, Philoctetes, Sammarinese, social disease, suicide squeeze, superficies, telegraphese, Themistocles, Thucydides, Vietnamese
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