Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bona roba

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables: bona ro-ba
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An attractive woman, especially one who is sexually available; a prostitute or courtesan.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"And is Jane Nightwork alive? […] By the mass, I could anger her to th' heart. She was then a bona-roba. Doth she hold her own well?"
"A fine strapping bona roba, in the Chartres taste, but well-limbed, clear-complexioned, and Turkish-eyed; thou the first man with her, or made to believe so, which is the same thing […]."
"For he assured me that now he possessed very large experience, for so small a matter; being thoroughly acquainted with women of every class, from ladies of the highest blood, to Bona-robas, and peasants’ wives: and that they all might be divided into three heads and no more; that is to say as follows."

Etymology

From Italian bona roba, literally, “good stuff”.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: bona roba

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

bona robas (plural)

Questions

What does bona roba mean?: An attractive woman, especially one who is sexually available; a prostitute or courtesan.
Where does bona roba come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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