| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bona fide |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bo·na fide |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b  n f d , fd , b n |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Made or carried out in good faith; sincere: a bona fide offer. 2. Authentic; genuine: a bona fide Rembrandt. See synonyms at authentic. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin bon fid : bon, feminine ablative of bonus, good + fid, ablative of fids, faith.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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