bona
bona Lexical Profile
bona Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
British Good, excellent, or attractive (used especially in Polari).
"We had a truly bona time at the theater last night."
• noun
Goods, property, or assets (used primarily in legal contexts).
"When a person dies without a will and leaves no known heirs, their estate is often claimed by the Crown as bona vacantia."
Word Nuance & Usage
As a standalone word in English, 'bona' is primarily recognized as a British slang term (Polari) for 'good', while in legal contexts it functions as a plural noun meaning 'goods' (e.g., 'bona vacantia').
• Rhymes for bona
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'bonus' meaning 'good', and its neuter plural 'bona' meaning 'goods'. In the 20th century, it was famously adopted into Polari (a British underground slang vocabulary) via Mediterranean Lingua Franca and Italian.
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