bagnio
Americannoun
plural
bagnios-
a brothel.
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(especially in Italy or Turkey) a bath or bathing house.
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a prison or slave quarters in the Ottoman Empire.
noun
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a brothel
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obsolete an oriental prison for slaves
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obsolete an Italian or Turkish bathhouse
Etymology
Origin of bagnio
First recorded in 1590–1600; from Italian bagno, from Latin balneum, balineum, from Greek balaneîon “bathroom, bath”
Example Sentences
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It bids fair to remain the same excellent school of preparation for the penitentiary and the bagnio.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper
These prisoners," he ran on, judging that the moment of reaction in Asad's mind was entirely favourable to the preferment of the request he had to make, "are not in the bagnio with the others.
From The Sea-Hawk by Sabatini, Rafael
Then he put a torch in his hand, bid him mix with the crowd at the bagnio door, and follow them till he came into a hall, where they were to celebrate a marriage.
From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous
Now in the house where the bagnio was she had a very dark chamber, for that no window gave thereon by which the light might enter.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John
In this order they marched round the three largest rooms of the bagnio.
From Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe by Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady
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