bona fides

bo·na fi·des

noun
\ˌbō-nə-ˈfī-ˌdēz, ÷ˈbō-nə-ˌfīdz\

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

Origin of BONA FIDES

Latin, literally, good faith

First Known Use: 1665

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