bain

Meanings

Adjective

• Ready; willing.
• Direct; near; short; gain.
• Limber; pliant; flexible.

Adverb

• Readily; willingly.
• Nearby; at hand.

Noun

• A bath.

Origin

• From Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn, from Old Norse beinn ("straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen").
• From Middle English bayne, baine, from Old French bain ("bath"), from Latin balneum ("bath, bath-house"). bagnio.