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Bona vs Bony - What's the difference?

bona | bony |

As a proper noun bona

is (a city in germany).

As an adjective bony is

resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.

bona

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (Polari) .
  • * 1966 , Kenneth Horne, "Bona Tattoos" in: Round the Horne , series 2
  • 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...
  • * 1997 , James Gardiner, Who's a pretty boy then? , page 137
  • 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 , 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 90
  • Bona to vada you.
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    bony

    English

    Alternative forms

    * boney

    Adjective

    (er)
  • resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.
  • full of bones
  • with little flesh; skinny, thin
  • having prominent bones