Boniform

Boniform
Boniform Bon"i*form, a. [L. bonus good + -form.] Sensitive or responsive to moral excellence. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • boniform — ˈbänəˌfȯrm adjective Etymology: New Latin boniformis (translation of Greek agathoeidēs), from Latin bonus good + iformis iform archaic : promoting, perceiving, or akin to good …   Useful english dictionary

  • boniform — having the form of good Shapes and Resemblance …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • boniform — bon·i·form …   English syllables

  • New Zealand Derby — for the trotting event, see: New Zealand Trotting Derby Group I race New Zealand Derby Location Ellerslie Racecourse Auckland, New Zealand Inaugurated 1860 Race type Thoroughbred Flat racing Website …   Wikipedia

  • КЕМБРИДЖСКИЕ ПЛАТОНИКИ — группа философов, моралистов, теологов, которая образовалась в Кембриджском ун те в сер. 17 в. вокруг Б. Уичкота и просуществовала до нач. 18 в. В группу входили Дж. Смит (Smith), Г. Бернет (Burnet) и др. С филос. т.зр. наибольший интерес… …   Философская энциклопедия

  • Conscience — • The individual, as in him customary rules acquire ethical character by the recognition of distinct principles and ideals, all tending to a final unity or goal, which for the mere evolutionist is left very indeterminate, but for the Christian… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Shapes and Resemblance — This assortment of 370 adjectives all refer in some way to the form or shape of things. Some are more geometrically descriptive than others, while a number of terms refer to animal forms or shapes of obscure objects. Certain adjectives for shapes …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • bonification —   n. betterment; payment of bonus.    ♦ boniform, a. like or seeming good.    ♦ bonify, v.   t. improve; make good …   Dictionary of difficult words

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”