bagnio

bagnio
n
1. brothel, bordello, Archaic. bordel, Obs. stew, lupanar, Obs. kip, nunnery; house of ill-repute, house of ill-fame, house of prostitution, bawdyhouse, whorehouse, Inf. sporting house, Inf. call house; All Sl. call joint, pick-up joint, parlor house, cathouse, barrelhouse, honky-tonk.
2. hot-air bath, sudatorium, sudatory, Turkish bath, sauna, Finnish bath, Swedish bath; bathhouse, bathing house, bath, the baths, Obs. stew; (all in ancient Greece or Rome) thermae, tepidarium, caldarium.

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  • Bagnio — Bagn io, n. [It. bagno, fr. L. balneum. Cf. {Bain}.] 1. A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A brothel; a stew; a house of prostitution. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bagnio — [ban′yō, bän′yō] n. pl. bagnios [It bagno < L balneum, bathing place: see BALNEOLOGY] 1. Obs. a Turkish or Italian bathhouse 2. Obs. in the Near East and N Africa, a prison 3. a house of prostitution; brothel …   English World dictionary

  • Bagnio — Bagnios were the slave prisons of Turkey and the Barbary regencies. In the Barbary prisons, the hostages of the pirates spent their evenings there, leaving during the day to work as laborers, galley slaves, or domestic servants. The term was… …   Wikipedia

  • bagnio — noun (plural bagnios) Etymology: Italian bagno, literally, public baths (from the Turks use of Roman baths at Constantinople as prisons), from Latin balneum, from Greek balaneion Date: 1599 1. obsolete prison 2. bordello …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • bagnio — /ban yoh, bahn /, n., pl. bagnios. 1. a brothel. 2. (esp. in Italy or Turkey) a bath or bathing house. 3. Archaic. a prison for slaves, esp. in the Orient. [1590 1600; < It bagno < L balneum, balineum < Gk balaneîon bathroom, bath] * * * …   Universalium

  • bagnio — noun brothel …   Wiktionary

  • bagnio — n. public bathhouse; brothel; prison for slaves …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bagnio — [ bα:njəʊ, banjəʊ] noun (plural bagnios) 1》 archaic a brothel. 2》 historical (in the Far East) a prison. Origin C16: from Ital. bagno, from L. balneum bath …   English new terms dictionary

  • bagnio — n. 1. Bath, bathing house. 2. Brothel, stew, bawdy house, house of prostitution, house of ill fame …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • bagnio — ba·gnio …   English syllables

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