bonassus
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A bonnacon.
noun
The aurochs, or European bison.
Example Sentences
- "There follows a series of exotic animals from the East, such as panthers, bonassuses, rhinoceroses, unicorns, and rare serpents (11.13).[…]References to panthers may be found in 26, to rhinoceroses in 39, to unicorns in 64, and to bonassuses and serpents in 52 (The Excellent and Pleasant Worke of Iulius Solinus, trans. Arthur Golding [London: Thomas Hacket, 1587]. Accessed August 23, 2010, )."
Etymology
From Latin bonāsus, from Ancient Greek βόνᾱσος (bónāsos).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bonāsus, βόνᾱσος