bagnio

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Italian bagno, from Latin balneum (“bath”). Doublet of bain, balaneion, and banya.

Some were taken to the towns and kept in prisons called bagnios, waiting till their friends sent money to redeem them. — The True Story Book, Unknown
My heart seemed to die within me when I entered this dismal bagnio, and found my brain assaulted by such insufferable effluvia. — The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, T. (Tobias) Smollett
In that case I shall have a good opportunity to learn the pure French accent while passing my days in the Bagnio at Toulon." — Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in Solitude, Austin Bidwell

whorehouse, brothel, bordello, house of prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse, cathouse, sporting house

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