Definitions
Etymologies
- French (Wiktionary)
Examples
“When disputes occurred in bonne maman's room, they were between my father and mother, if that can be called a dispute where one is so gay and so imperturbable.”
“But this is what the French call bonne guerre, and the most innocent form of deception! ”
“Bon serieux moi dans ma tete de CM2, les champignons c que les gens crado qui en ont mais en fait non la c parce que j'etais trop propre du coup ben ma peau elle etait asséché et donc les "bonne" bacteries elles etaient aussi parti alors j'etais sujet aux infections!!”
“A 'bonne' coiffed with ribbon shepherded two little girls with pig-tails and frilled drawers.”
“In Norman French it became "bonne," and in the fourteenth century was applied to the round loaf of bread given to a horse; the loaf was called Bayard's bonne (pronounced "bun").”
“But as her definite acquirements were few, she had to eke them out by employing her leisure time in needlework; and altogether her position was that of "bonne" or nursery governess, liable to repeated and never-ending calls upon her time.”
““But this is what the French call bonne guerre, and the most innocent form of deception! ...”
“J'arrive à la conclusion, qu'il n'y a pas de réalité immorale qui ne soit pas à priori divisée, jetée, et joyeusement entrelacée par les médias ( "médiatisée"), placée de façon attractive et présentée comme "bonne" dans une vision marketing ainsi que turbulente, hyper-active, hyper-productive "Kitsch" ou "Trash".”
“Ethique Proscrire le mal Source: Fisher & Lovell (2003); adapté par Ledoux Poursuivre la vie Management responsable: questions éthiques - Laurent Ledoux - 14 / 04 / 07 "bonne" 27”
“Here she comes, with her "bonne," as she calls her nurse. ”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bonne’.
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WWF WTF?
Ever play "Words With Friends" with someone and they throw down some strange, unlikely group of letters that makes even the most mild and squeaky clean tongued person say "whiskey tango foxtrot"? ...
oorie, sangar, merl, cwm, doum, weir, jura, invar, lawine, tapa, waw, shog and 376 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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Femmesque
Curious words having to do with women: positive or negative; feminine, observational, technical, weird, stupid, crass, etc. I loathe some of these words but I'm using this list as a catch-all... ev...
mittelschmerz, gynotikolobomasso..., ingenue, uxorious, hogminny, quim, suffragette, damsel, madame, parturient, testatrix, mediatrix and 188 more...
Tweets
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whichbe Female servant. (Luciferous Logolepsy) May 16, 2008