bolis/ˈboʊlɪs/EtymologyFrom Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”). Doublet of bolide.bolis means A bolide or fireball (type of meteor). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.bolis is pronounced /ˈboʊlɪs/.nounA bolide or fireball (type of meteor)“A bolis appearing as large as an orange, with a train some yards in length, crossed Wrenbury, Cheshire, about 10 p.m. (p. 305). The observer was my brother, Mr. William Thomson, surgeon, Wrenbury, near Nantwich.”