Meanings
bona1
comparative more bona · superlative most bona · alternative bonar
- PolariGood.
Bona to vada you.
1997, Ian Lucas, “The Color of His Eyes: Polari and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence”, in Anna Livia, Kira Hall, editors, Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality, page 902 more examples
SANDY: Oh, get him! The vanity of the man. Well, p'raps not Nelson then. How about reproductions of great masterpieces? JULIAN: A bona idea. Now, let me see...
1966, Kenneth Horne, Bona Tattoos (Round the Horne), season 2, spoken by Julian and Sandy (Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams)Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.
1997, James Gardiner, Who's a Pretty Boy Then?, page 137Synonyms: good
comparative more bona · superlative most bona · alternative bonar
- PolariWell.
Order lau your luppers on the strillers bona.
1967, Kenneth Horne, Bona Guest House (Round the Horne), season 3, spoken by Julian (Hugh Paddick)
Bona2
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveGood.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*dwenos“good”
- Old Latinduenos“good”
- Latinbonus“good”
- Italianbuono“good”
- Sabirbona“good”
- Englishbona
Borrowed from Sabir bona (“good”), from Italian buono (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duenos (“good”), from Proto-Italic *dwenos (“good”). Doublet of bonus.
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bona. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bona
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