bagnio
See also: baguio
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian bagno, from Latin balneum (“bath”). Doublet of bain.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bagnio (plural bagnios)
- A brothel.
- 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “婆 (phûa)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 458:
- an old woman who has charge of a bagnio
- (obsolete) A building for bathing, sweating.
- (obsolete) In Turkey, a prison for slaves.