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‖ bona fide, adv. and a.
[L. bonā fidē = ‘with good faith’. Commonly anglicized in pronunciation as (ˈbəʊnə ˈfaɪdɪ), though classical scholars sometimes preserve the Latin quantity of the vowels, with or without the Latin vowel sounds.]
A. adv. In good faith, with sincerity; genuinely.
1542–3Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII, iv, The same to procede bona fide, without fraude. 1600Holland Livy xxxii. xxxiii. 830 He dealeth not soundly and bona fide [neque cum fide agit] in treaties of peace. 1722Lond. Gaz. No. 6082/3 A Horse..that is not Bona Fide his own. 1793Smeaton Edystone L. §177 Our men were really and bonâ fide employed in the Edystone service.
B. adj. (orig. used with agent nouns, or those involving some quality, as in ‘bona fide purchaser’, ‘bona fide poverty’, ‘bona fide traveller’.) Acting or done in good faith; sincere, genuine.
1788J. Powell Devises (1827) II. 17 Act not to extend to bonâ fide purchasers for a valuable consideration. 1865Sat. Rev. 5 Aug. 170/2 Interfering with the bonâ fide character of the proceeding. 1882Med. Temp. Jrnl. No. 50. 83 The bona fide poor are benefited.
Hence ˌbonaˈfidically, adv. nonce-wd.
1822Southey Lett. (1856) III. 314 Two men who love nonsense so cordially, and naturally, and bonâfidically. |