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adverb
1.
gladly; willingly: He fain would accept.
adjective
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content; willing: They were fain to go.
3.
Archaic. constrained; obliged: He was fain to obey his Lord.
4.
Archaic. glad; pleased.
5.
Archaic. desirous; eager.
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Fain
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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fain
O.E. fægen, fagen "glad, cheerful, happy," from a common Gmc. root (cf. O.N. feginn "glad," O.H.G. faginon, Goth. faginon "to rejoice").
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