This week’s theme
Latin terms in English

This week’s words
modus operandi
per se
ex post
bona fide
per contra

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PRONUNCIATION:

(BOH-nuh fyd, FY-dee)

MEANING:

adjective: Genuine.
adverb: In good faith; sincerely.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin bonus (good) + fides (faith). Earliest documented use: 1542.

USAGE:

“How dare this animal treat me with suspicion? I was a bona fide member of the same family.”
From Spooky to Spunky; Gulf News (Dubai); Apr 20, 2012.

See more usage examples of bona fide in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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