bagnio

noun

ba·​gnio ˈban-(ˌ)yō 

ˈbän-

plural bagnios

1

obsolete : prison

2

: brothel

Synonyms

• bawdy house
• bordello
• brothel
• cathouse
• disorderly house
• sporting house
• stew
• whorehouse

Examples of bagnio in a Sentence

the police staged a raid on the London bagnio, causing great inconvenience to its well-heeled clientele

Word History

Etymology

Italian bagno, literally, public baths (from the Turks' use of Roman baths at Constantinople as prisons), from Latin balneum, from Greek balaneion

First Known Use

1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1