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bain

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/beɪn/

Definition of bain

10 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (dialectal)Ready; willing.
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adj

  1. (dialectal)Ready; willing.
  2. (dialectal)Direct; near; short; gain.
    “That is the bainest way.”
  3. Limber; pliant; flexible.

adv

  1. (dialectal)Readily; willingly.
  2. (dialectal)Nearby; at hand.

noun

  1. (obsolete)A bath.
    “THus was sir Tramtryst longe there wel cherysshed / with the kynge and the quene /[…]/ So vpon a daye / the quene and la beale Isoud made a bayne for syre Tramtryst / And whan he was in his bayne / the quene and Isoud her doughter romed vp & doune in the chamber / and there whyles Gouernail and Heles attendyd vpon Tramtryst”

name

  1. A surname.
  2. A locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.
  3. A river in Lincolnshire, England, which flows south to the River Witham.
  4. A short river in North Yorkshire, England, which joins the River Ure near Bainbridge.

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Etymology

From Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (“direct, prompt”), from Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”).

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