Fain

Adjective

 * 1)  Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.
 * 2) * 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVI:
 * So the good man was fayne whan he saw he was a knyght arraunte.
 * 1) * Dante Gabriel Rosetti, A Death-Parting, line 11
 * O love, of my death my life is fain,
 * 1)  Satisfied; contented.

Adverb

 * 1)  With joy; gladly.
 * 2) * 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
 * The second thing I fain would have had was a tobacco-pipe, but it was impossible to me to make one…

Verb

 * 1)  To be delighted or glad; to rejoice
 * 2)  To gladden

Thesaurus
aching for, acquiescent, agreeable, alacritous, amenable, ardent, bent on, compliant, consenting, content, cooperative, crazy to, desirous of, disposed, docile, dying for, dying to, eager, enthusiastic, fain of, favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, fond of, forward, game, in the mind, in the mood, inclined, inclined toward, itching for, keen on, leaning toward, mad on, minded, partial to, pliant, predisposed, prompt, prone, quick, ready, ready and willing, receptive, responsive, set on, spoiling for, tractable, well-disposed, well-inclined, wild to, willed, willing, willinghearted, zealous

Etymology
From fægen:, akin to Old Norse feginn:, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽:, Old Norse fagna:. Compare Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐍃:.

Adjective

 * Dutch: gevallig


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Adverb

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Verb

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Anagrams

 * an if, naif, naïf

Etymology
fames:

Noun

 * 1) hunger

Descendants

 * French: faim

Etymology
From fein:.

Adjective

 * 1) cool, fine, of good quality

Etymology
From faenum:.

Noun

 * 1)  hay